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Fish consumption in Portugal (53.61 kg/year) and Spain (40.68 kg/year) remains the highest in the European Union, highlighting the nutritional and economic relevance of small pelagic species. However, fish composition is highly dynamic and influenced by biological and environmental factors, including reproductive cycle, seasonality, and feeding patterns. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus, EE) and European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, SP) exhibit complementary spawning periods, summer and winter breeders, respectively, making them ideal models to study seasonal nutritional variability. A systematic evaluation of their proximate composition is essential not only for quality control but also to support sustainable fisheries management and nutritional
recommendations. This study aimed to comparatively assess the seasonal variation in proximate composition of EE and SP fillets in early autumn and early spring, identifying species-specific nutritional advantages linked to their reproductive cycles.
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Proximate analysis Engraulis encrasicolus Sardina pilchardus Small pelagic fish Seasonality
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PITACAS, F.I. [et al.] (2026) - Comparative assessment of nutritional composition in European anchovy and European sardine. In The XI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology - Proceedings. 146(1), p. 7 DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2026146007
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MDPI