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Photo	Names
Illustrations by Chris Van Dusen Images Courtesy of Seafood Business Magazine	Latin: Mallotus villosus French: Capelan German: Lodde Spanish: Capelan Russian: Moyva Japanese: Karafutoshishamo

Description

Capelin are members of the Osmeridae family of smelts. They are known as sparling in England. Capelin are slender translucent olive colored, small-scalled fish that grow to a maximum length of 25 cm (10 in). Capelin was once the primary food of cod in the North Atlantic. When the cod population diminished the capelin population increased drastically.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Capture: Norway, Iceland, Denmark Primary Consumers Japan and Northern European countries	-----

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