Tanım
•Maatjesharing (fat herring caught before having spawned) that, being a TSG product, must be prepared using traditional Hollandic methods in addition to being subject to other specific quality criteria.
Etimoloji
Literally, “Hollandic new [catch]”, a TSG product subject to specific quality criteria including the criterium that it be caught and sold between the 1st of May and the 31st of August of a given calendar year, whence the qualifier Nieuwe - it having been caught early in the season and sold while still fresh.