Atlantic herring
Noun
Meaning
important food fish; found in enormous shoals in the northern Atlantic
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Clupea contains three species: the Atlantic herring (the type species) found in the north Atlantic, the Pacific herring found in the north Pacific, and the Araucanian herring found off the coast of Chile.
Environmental Defense have suggested that the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) fishery is an environmentally responsible fishery.
Life cycle Herring spawn At least one stock of Atlantic herring spawns in every month of the year.
However, several marine species have populations in the Baltic Sea adapted to the low salinity, such as the Baltic Sea herring which is smaller than the Atlantic herring.