Anchovies and Sardines Are a Climate Solution in a Can

Ignacio Serrats, CEO of family-owned cannery Conservas Serrats, poses for a portrait on the factory roof where the canned food is produced in Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022. The solar panels are enough to supply the factory with clean energy, something Ignacio has been responsible for since he received his position from his father.

Albacore tuna at the Serrats factory in Bermeo, Spain on August 17, 2022.

Ignacio Serrats, CEO of family-owned cannery Conservas Serrats, poses for a portrait in front of the factory's water purification plant producing canned food in Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022. This purifier can clean much of the water used for reuse and recycling.

View of Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022.

Workers, primarily women, in the factory sector where the white tuna is cleaned, sorted, cut, and then preserved in glass and cans. All this process is done by hand, except for specific cuts made by a machine at the Serrats factory in Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022.

A worker checks the white tuna being cooked at the Serrats factory in Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022.

The Arroyabe branded local canned goods store also serves its canned goods and wines on the same premises in Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022.

Local anchovies and other ingredients in the kitchen of the restaurant La Cofradia de San Pedro in the port of Bermeo, Spain, on August 17, 2022.

Members of the ship's fishing team unload 20 tons of tuna at the port of Bermeo, Spain, on August 18, 2022.

Members of the ship's fishing team unload 20 tons of tuna at the port of Bermeo, Spain, on August 18, 2022.

The auctioneer is preparing to auction twenty tons of white tuna in the port of Bermeo on August 18, 2022, for private customers of small fishmongers and supermarkets.

A buyer who has won the auction chooses his favorite northern bonito fish in the port of Bermeo on August 18, 2022.