In the undersea world of oceans, bays and estuaries, they are the fish that we rarely think of or even see: Atlantic silverside minnows, bay, silver and striped anchovies and sand eels.

P.E.I. and Nova Scotia have the only commercial Atlantic silverside fisheries in Canada. The small fish resemble minnows, spawn in coastal ponds and rivers, and are usually fished from dories and ...