Pike perch, bream, whitebait, tench, whitefish are widespread. The main seafood catch from Leigh fishing boats has always been shellfish and whitebait. Examples include whitebait of all sorts, anchovies, and smelt. Very young herring are called whitebait and are eaten whole as a delicacy. In April 2007, three species of endangered whitebait (kokopu or native trout) were reintroduced. Traditional seafoods such as toheroa and whitebait were over-harvested. Chinese whitebait is raised in fish farms and plentiful quantities are produced for export. Juvenile banded kokopu are one of five species of galaxiid caught and eaten as whitebait. Under the trade name Ulstron polypropylene rope is used to manufacture scoop nets for whitebait. Dagenham was formerly home to the famous annual whitebait feast. In Neapolitan cuisine whitebait are known as "cicenielli". In Sicilian cuisine whitebait are known as "ceruses" (literally translated as "baby"). Whitebaiting is the activity of catching whitebait. In Brindisian cuisine whitebait are known as "chuma" (literally foam of sea). By the 1780s it was fashionable to dine on whitebait.