Atlantic Herring

Clupea harengus (species), “Bank Herring”, “Bismark Herring”, “Bloater”, “Cleanplate Herring”, “Cut Spiced Herring”, “Fall Herring”, “Golden Cure”, “Hern”, “Herning”, “Herring”, “Herron”, “Kipper”, “Kipper Herring”, “Klondyked Herring”, “Labrador Herring”, “Matje Cured Herring”, “Mattie”, “Mediterranean Cure”, “Melker”, “Mesh Herring”, “Milker Herring”, “Murman Herring”, “Mustard Herring”, “Newcastle Kipper”, “Norwegian Cured Herring”, “Norwegian Herring”, “Norwegian Milker”, “Norwegian Silver Herring”, “Norwegian Sloe”, “Oriental Cure”, “Pearl Essence”, “Pickled Herring”, “Pickling”, “Protestant”, “Red Herring”, “Sea Atlantic Herring”, “Sea Herring”, “Sea Stick”, “Shore Herring”, “Sild”, “Silver Cured Herring”, “Soused Herring”, “Split”, “Split Cure Herring”, “Spring Herring”, “Sugar Cured Fish”, “Summer Herring”, “Whitebait”, “Yawling”

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Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large schools. They can grow up to 45 centimetres (18 in) in length and weigh up to 1.1 kilograms (2.4 lb). They feed on copepods, krill and small fish, while their natural predators are seals, whales, cod and other larger fish. The Atlantic herring fishery has long been an important part of the economy of New England and the Canadian Atlantic provinces. This is because the fish congregate relatively near to the coast in massive schools, notably in the cold waters of the semi-enclosed Gulf of Maine and Gulf of St. Lawrence. North Atlantic herring schools have been measured up to…