They ran out at the grocery store for a long time. When they finally got more in, I cleaned them out (to the tune of a dozen). But now I’ve eaten all those and the grocery store still doesn’t have any more. I bought an 18 pack of the ones I like on Amazon, but now a couple of days after I made the purchase, they’re saying they’re delayed and they can’t even give me an estimated delivery date.
Doing some research, I found that apparently warming oceans are reducing sardine yields causing a shortage.
I eat sardines practically daily… when I can get them.
I might have to switch to the ones packed in water rather than the ones packed in olive oil.
The main concern I have with other kinds of fish is just mercury levels. That wouldn’t be such an issue if I wasn’t eating them daily.
As for local stuff, I do live in one of the more landlocked areas in the U.S… Not to say there’s no fish that are local-ish to my area. (Freshwater stuff, specifically.) But yeah.
The other thing is just that cooking is a bigger pain than just opening a tin. Lol.
Probably my favorite fish, not considering preparation time/effort/health/etc is a nice salmon steak. Swordfish is really good too. (But swordfish is just about the highest-mercury fish you can get.)
Oh I have no idea about mercury levels, sorry.
You’d love it here though, salmon is ubiquitous.