Sardinella Longiceps (Oil Sardine; Family Clupeidae) located in the Indian Ocean (northern and western parts only, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, is finding more acceptances recently because of its extraordinary nutritional qualities. It is a pelagic fish, which forms prime constituents of India’s pelagic fisheries owing to its wide distribution, food/feed value and industrial use of its body oil. It is commonly called Indian oil Sardine and is locally known as Loower or Kashuk. It is a purely marine/ estuarine habitat. It is pelagic fish and known to be high nutritive value. Sardine contains 3rd highest omega -3 among other marine fish after Mackerel and Salmon.