Spring catch · sardinillas back in stock

The sea, sealed at the hour it was best.

Marea packs day-boat seafood from the Cantabrian coast by hand — landed at dawn, cleaned by noon, and sealed in extra-virgin olive oil before the tide turns. Nothing frozen, nothing rushed.

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1953

first cannery

day-boat captains

100%

hand-packed

14,206

tins this season

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43.46° N, 3.80° W — the bay at first light

— Why a tin

A good conserva improves with patience. Ours just need a fork and good bread.

Landed by day-boat

Nine small boats, no trawlers. What they bring in by dawn is on our tables by noon.

Cleaned & packed by hand

Twenty-two packers, scissors and skill. Every fillet is laid in the tin one at a time.

Sealed in olive oil

Single-estate Arbequina from Catalonia, and nothing else but a little Atlantic salt.

— The tins

This season's catch

Each tin serves two as a starter. Free shipping on any box of six.

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Sardinillas

$14

Baby sardines in Arbequina olive oil. 20–24 to the tin.

115g · CANTABRIA

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Ventresca

$24

Bonito tuna belly — the soft, marbled cut. Pole-and-line.

220g · BAY OF BISCAY

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Mussels

$16

In a bright escabeche of paprika, vinegar & bay.

110g · GALICIAN RÍA

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Pulpo

$22

Octopus in garlic oil with a whisper of smoked paprika.

120g · COSTA DA MORTE

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Razor clams

$19

Navajas in brine, sweet and snappy. Six to a tin.

90g · RÍA DE AROUSA

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Smoked sprats

$13

Oak-smoked over two hours, then laid in sunflower oil.

100g · CANTABRIA

Order the full pantry box · $96

— From boat to tin

Four hands, one tide

Landed before breakfast

The boats radio in their catch at sea so the packers know what's coming. Boxes hit the dock by 7:00.

Trimmed with scissors, never machines

Each fish is cleaned, skinned and trimmed by hand. A practised packer does maybe nine a minute.

Laid, oiled, and sealed

Fillets are arranged so they pour out whole, covered in olive oil, and seamed shut the same afternoon.

Rested in the cellar

Tins age at least three months before they ship. The oil softens, the flavour rounds. Worth the wait.

On the pantry shelf of

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I keep a shelf of Marea for the nights I can't be bothered to cook. It is, quietly, the best dinner in the house.

Núria Pons · Food editor, Coastal Table

— Where to find us

Order direct, or visit the cannery shop.

We ship across the country in two days, packed in recycled wool. Or come to the harbour shop in Santoña and pick the tins yourself, warm from the cellar.

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Cannery shop

Tue – Sat: 10:00 – 19:00
Sunday: 10:00 – 14:00
Monday: closed

Harbour shop

Muelle Pereda 12
39740 Santoña, Cantabria

+34 942 55 90 20
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