Your tinned fish obsession is helping resurrect a lost industry
July 21, 2025
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July 21, 2025
Your tinned fish obsession is helping resurrect a lost industry
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Once upon a time, the states had a thriving tinned fish market. Like a lot of U.S. manufacturing though, that's been lost. But sardines are having a moment right now and that may help a growing effort to resurrect this lost industry.<br /><br /><strong>Related episodes:<br /></strong>Why do shrimpers like tariffs (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000706589300" target="_blank">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NwSN5NSXjeEOS2kFYhPBd?si=763152be4ae848bb" target="_blank">Spotify</a>) <br />When a staple becomes a luxury (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000634701520" target="_blank">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1YtixWgVYkICTEiXR8gwaN?si=14920a3faced479f" target="_blank">Spotify</a>) <br />We're gonna need a bigger boat-building industry (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indicator-from-planet-money/id1320118593?i=1000714570308" target="_blank">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4M7knWnJGYX79cHhZh87Qq?si=20f75e92282a4161" target="_blank">Spotify</a>) <br /><br /><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/" target="_blank"><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>.<br /><br />Fact-checking by </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez" target="_blank"><em>Sierra Juarez</em></a><em>. Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>TikTok</em></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/" target="_blank"><em>Instagram</em></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>Facebook</em></a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money" target="_blank"><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>. </em><br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
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