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In the provinces of [[Quebec]] (particularly in the [[Gaspé peninsula]]) and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] in Canada, it is a regular summertime practice for locals to go to the [[beach]] and scoop the capelin up in nets or whatever is available, as the capelin "roll in" in the millions each year at the end of May or in early June.<ref>{{cite news|title=They're Back: Capelin are Rolling at Middle Cove Beach|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/they-re-back-capelin-are-rolling-at-middle-cove-beach-1.3145041|website=CBC|publisher=CBC News, Newfoundland and Labrador|accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref>
Commercially, capelin is used for [[fish meal]] and [[fish oil|oil]] industry products, but is also appreciated as food. The flesh is agreeable in flavor, resembling herring. Capelin [[roe]] (''masago'') is considered a high-value product. It is also sometimes mixed with [[wasabi]] or green food coloring and wasabi flavor and sold as "wasabi caviar". Often,'' masago'' is commercialized as ''[[ebiko]]'' and used as a substitute for ''[[tobiko]]'', flying fish roe,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.spokedark.tv/2013/05/14/tobiko-ebiko/#.WJZxPlN97IU |title='Tobiko' & 'Ebiko' |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181241/http://articles.spokedark.tv/2013/05/14/tobiko-ebiko/#.WJZxPlN97IU#.WJZxPlN97IU |archive-date=5 February 2017 |
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