The government of Uruguay sponsored a major effort in the mid-1970s to increase the country’s commercial fishing industry with the hopes of creating a cannery industry for exporting tuna and sardines. The fleet of fishing vessels grew to over 700 as a result, but the predominate catch was Argentine hake (which tastes like cod), Atlantic croaker, anchovies, mullet, and the saltwater bluefish like this one on ice at the port of Punta del Este.