Sardine Run

Thousands of sardine fish surface near Goa beach, experts call it ‘rare’ event, known as Sardine Run.

Shoals of the marine species are fluttering in shallow waters along the coast at Keri-Terekhol, on the Goa-Maharashtra border.

Shoals are a large group of fish that feed and swim together.

Sardine Run happens due to sudden changes in the temperature of sea surface water.
A drop or rise in sea surface temperature can induce migration of sardines in higher numbers and sometimes they are trapped in shallow waters.
When the deeper water rises, it brings nutrient-rich water on top, triggering high food production and Sardines feed on this fresh food called ‘phytoplankton’.

Sardines

They belong to the herring family of fishes.
The name sardine can also refer to the common herring and to other small herrings or herring like fishes when canned in oil.
The European sardine, known as pilchard in Britain, occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal, France, and Britain.
Sardines are small, silvery, elongated fishes with a single short dorsal fin, no lateral line, and no scales on the head.

Unfavorable climatic conditions following El Nino had badly affected the spawning and growth pattern of oil sardine.

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