Definition of Pacific sardine

1. Noun. Small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America.

Exact synonyms: Sardinops Caerulea
Generic synonyms: Pilchard, Sardina Pilchardus, Sardine
Group relationships: Genus Sardinops, Sardinops

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Sardine

Pacific blackchin
Pacific bonito
Pacific bottlenose dolphin
Pacific cod
Pacific dewberries
Pacific dewberry
Pacific giant salamander
Pacific halibut
Pacific hemlock
Pacific herring
Pacific loon
Pacific loons
Pacific newt
Pacific plum
Pacific ridley
Pacific sardine (current term)
Pacific silver fir
Pacific silver firs
Pacific spiny dogfish
Pacific sturgeon
Pacific tree toad
Pacific tripletail
Pacific walrus
Pacific yew
Pacini
Pacinian corpuscle
Packer
Packer whacker
Packer whackers
Packera

Literary usage of Pacific sardine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Pacific sardine These small pelagic clupeids occur in the California Current system ... The Pacific sardine supported the largest fishery in the Western ..."

2. Sustainability Issues for Resource Managers by Daniel L. Bottom, Gordon H. Reeves, Martha H. Brookes (1997)
"Population estimates for the waning years of the Pacific sardine fishery CalCOFI Reports. 20: 72-82. McAdie, AG 1903. Climatology of California. ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"Smelt fish (Pacific sardine?) was caught with a cordage-made dip net. This was pyramidal in shape and of about a bushel in size. In fishing for this species ..."

4. Preparing for an Uncertain Climate by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1993)
"... sockeye, pink and chum) -commercial landings of salmon valued at $140 million -other important species include northern anchovies, Pacific sardine, ..."

5. La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation by Michael H. Glantz (2002)
"Reconstruction of the history of Pacific sardine and northern anchovy populations over the past two millenia from sediments of the Santa Barbara basin, ..."

6. Beyond the Golden Gate: Oceanography, Geology, Biology, and Environmental by Herman A. Karl (2001)
"... and the depletion of Pacific sardine stocks, reduced populations further until they reached a low of about 6000 birds during the 1950's. ..."

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