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  1. Scout Canning - Atlantic Canadian lobster
    knuckle meat and other bits, with a gentle lemon flavor
  2. Island Creek - Scallops in Vieira sauce
    thoroughly cooked scallops in a rich and salty sauce
  3. Patagonia Provisions - Sardines in Coconut Curry
    good sardines in a pleasant sauce
  4. Wild Planet - Skipjack wild tuna with dill pickle
    a snack-sized tin with sour pickles
  5. Lays - Roasted Garlic Oyster Flavor
    chargrilled oysters reincarnated as potato chips
  6. Woh Hup - Dried Chilli Shrimp Noodles
    powerful dried shrimp flavor; for true heads only
  7. Don Gastronom - Galician clams
    expensive but delicious clams
  8. O'Food - Fishcake Bar (Mild)
    a fish stick that takes the stick part literally
  9. Season - Mackerel in Water
    a staple ingredient
  10. O'Food - Fishcake Bar (Spicy)
    an actually spicy frozen snack that's tasty and quick to reheat
  11. A & B - Gefilte fish
    forget what you heard, gefilte fish slaps
  12. Ekone Oyster Company - Smoked Mussels
    large, well handled, but slightly dry mussels
  13. Season - Grilled Mackerel
    a daily driver
  14. Patagonia Provisions - Spicy mussels in extra-virgin olive oil and broth
    big mussels, big spice, light broth---stunning
  15. IASA - Branzino Grigliato
    delicate sea bass in mild oil
  16. Scout Canning - Ontario trout with dill
    skin-on trout in thin sauce---only okay
  17. Pollastrini di Anzio - Sardine al pomodoro piccante
    okay fish in meh sauce
  18. Don Gastronom and La Narval - Mackerel in tomato sauce
    mackerel fillets in a pleasant tomato sauce
  19. Matíz - Wild sardines in spanish olive oil
    fantastic 'dines in oil
  20. Asdomar - Ventresca di Tonno
    delicious tuna belly in nonentity oil
  21. D.E. Chung Hua Foods - Braised Spicy Squid
    a bag of braised whole baby squid, with a touch of spice
  22. Donostia Foods - Squid (pieces) in ink
    tender squares of squid in inky tomato sauce
  23. Fangst - Hjertemusling [Limfjord Cockles]
    tiny cockles with intense flavor
  24. Dongwon - Tuna with kimchi sauce
    okay pantry item for satisfying spicy tuna mayo urges
  25. Old Fisherman - Roasted Eel with Fermented Black Beans
    meaty fillets; the best this ol' fisherman has to offer
  26. Natori - Salt-grilled scallops
    gorgeous flavor with pretty good texture
  27. La Monica - Petite Scungilli
    good value on chopped whelk
  28. Ekone Oyster Company - Smoked Oysters "Habanero Hots"
    gently spicy, plump oysters
  29. Pearl River Bridge - Fried Dace
    the OG; a must try
  30. T-West - Roasted Crab
    crunch a whole spicy crab 🦀
  31. Mouettes d'Arvor - Sardinettes au piment d'Espelette
    sprats in musky oil---not successful
  32. Mouettes d'Arvor - Filets de maquereaux au vin blanc Muscadet et aux aromates
    a large, tender fillet of delicious mackerel in court boullion
  33. Central Boeki - Prepared sandfish
    fish-flavored potato chips: now with bones!
  34. Old Fisherman - Roast Eel
    pleasant conger eel in good sauce
  35. Old Fisherman - Roasted eel with fermented black beans
    meaty eel in umami-rich sauce
  36. Hadson - Kojima Dried Scallop "Lips Spicy"
    the other part of the scallop, as spicy-umami jerky
  37. Trader Joe's - Salmon jerky
    inside you there are two wolves; they both want this jerky
  38. Pollastrini di Anzio - Sardini picanti all'olio d'oliva [spicy sardines in olive oil]
    pretty good 'dines in bland oil---skip it
  39. Delicius - Cantabrian Anchovy Fillets in olive oil
    delicious anchovies in a fun form factor
  40. Bar Harbor - Wild Herring Fillets
    fine, peppery herring fillets
  41. Scout x Patagonia - Capellini with mussels
    i am a chef
  42. Trader Joe's - Smoked rainbow trout fillets
    tender and delicious... but not shelf stable
  43. Crown Prince - Smoked oysters
    a fine evening snack with saltines, vinegary hot sauce, and a beer
  44. Henry and Lisa's - Wild sardines in extra virgin olive oil
    big 'dines in fine oil
  45. Spanish Diner - Patatas chips con mejillones en escabeche
    pretend you're in spain on west 30th
  46. Trader Joe's - Lightly Smoked Mussels
    cheap mussels, good in a pinch
  47. Scout Canning - PEI Mussels in a smoked paprika and fennel tomato sauce
    mediocre mussels in a mighty sauce
  48. Albert Ménès - Sardines sans arête
    fancy 'dines meant for aging
  49. Ekone Oyster Company - Smoked Oysters "Original"
    the best smoked oysters you can get
  50. Don Gastronom and Espinaler - Razor clams
    two fine tins of clams (weirdly skinny and long version)
  51. King Oscar - Sardines with spicy cracked pepper
    tender, piquant sprats
  52. Mouettes d'Arvor - Filets de maquereaux aux alges Bio de Bretagne [mackerel fillets with organic Breton seaweed]
    tender mackerel in a briny, unusual sauce
  53. Mouettes d'Arvor - Sardines au poivre de Sichuan [sardines with sichuan pepper]
    juicy 'dines without much flavor---unsuccessful
  54. Hagoromo - Iwashi de kenko shoyu [sardines in soy sauce w/soybeans]
    cross cut sardines in a middling soy sauce
  55. Hagoromo - Iwashi Misoni [whole sardines in miso]
    delicious thicc fillets in deliciouser thiccer sauce
  56. Wild Planet - Wild white anchovies in water with sea salt
    a good "ingredient" tin
  57. Trader Joe's - Farm Raised Smoked Trout Fillets
    dense, meaty, smoky... if a touch dry
  58. Bela - Sardines in extra virgin olive oil with piri-piri and smoke flavor
    an affordable and good tin of big 'dines
  59. Patagonia Provisions - Smoked Mussels in Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil + Broth
    plump, in light broth and oil---excellent
  60. Matiz - Mussels in olive oil & vinegar
    a perfect entrypoint to the world of mejillones en escabeche
  61. Beach Cliff - Sardines served in mustard sauce
    passable cheap tin; for emergency use only
  62. Made By Nature - Grilled Squid
    grilled sakiika---good!
  63. Shirakiku - Sakiika "Hot"
    spicy squid jerky, sans smoke
  64. Kojima Shokuhin Kogyo Co. - Otsumami koago [seasoned flying fish]
    a cracker, but make it fish... meh
  65. Kawatsuki - Sakiika [shredded, dried squid]
    squid jerky---you'll know if it's for you
  66. Oogiya - Yaki Aji
    butterfly fish jerky; my favorite otsumami?
  67. J-Basket - Saba [mackerel] Kabayaki [filleted and glaze-grilled]
    bad fillets, bad sauce---do not buy
  68. Patagonia Provisions - Smoked mussels in olive oil and broth
    mussels so nice i reviewed them twice
  69. Hadson - Iwashikko
    sweet and umami fishy wishy massacre
  70. Shirakiku - Sakiika [shredded, dried squid] Hot Smoked
    squid jerky turned up to 11
  71. Patagonia Provisions - Wild Pink Salmon (Black Pepper)
    high quality, peppery, skin-on fillets
  72. SSK - Iwashi Misoni
    round cut sardines, good flavor