In the announcement, describing the individual fish species, it was written that the sardine was the mass fish of the former swamp world, and even an occupation, sardine fishing, bore its name. The red herring can still be found in many places today, but the size of the herd has shrunk to an extreme extent, they said. Today, it is a feared and protected fish in Hungary, with a conservation value of HUF 10,000 per specimen, they added.
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the other species that can be chosen in the voting is garda, the famous fish of Lake Balaton, the former fishing of which became known thanks to Herman Ottó’s writings.
The third candidate is the flat bream, which is mainly present in medium and large rivers, the Hungarian Fish Association announced. The characteristic of the fish is the slightly elongated, strongly flattened body shape when viewed from the side, the upward opening mouth and the long fin under the tail.
A mortal organism drew attention to the fact that anyone can cast their vote, but the system accepts only one nomination from a place.