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</ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Other references</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" 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href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" title="Clupea harengus – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Clupea harengus" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%85%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Атлантическа херинга – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Атлантическа херинга" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harink" title="Harink – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Harink" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areng" title="Areng – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Areng" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" title="Clupea harengus – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Clupea harengus" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sle%C4%8F_obecn%C3%BD" title="Sleď obecný – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sleď obecný" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sild" title="Sild – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sild" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildi" title="Sildi – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Sildi" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantischer_Hering" title="Atlantischer Hering – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Atlantischer Hering" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlandi_heeringas" title="Atlandi heeringas – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Atlandi heeringas" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B1" title="Ρέγγα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρέγγα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" title="Clupea harengus – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Clupea harengus" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haringo" title="Haringo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Haringo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinzar_arrunt" title="Sardinzar arrunt – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sardinzar arrunt" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="شاه‌ماهی اطلسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شاه‌ماهی اطلسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sild" title="Sild – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Sild" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hareng" title="Hareng – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hareng" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenque" title="Arenque – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Arenque" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EC%84%9C%EC%96%91%EC%B2%AD%EC%96%B4" title="대서양청어 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대서양청어" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BF%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A5%D5%AD" title="Ատլանտյան տառեխ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ատլանտյան տառեխ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haringo" title="Haringo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Haringo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengkalis_atlantik" title="Bengkalis atlantik – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bengkalis atlantik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADld" title="Síld – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Síld" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" title="Clupea harengus – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Clupea harengus" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%97_%D7%90%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99" title="מליח אטלנטי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מליח אטלנטי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikwala" title="Dikwala – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Dikwala" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" title="Clupea harengus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Clupea harengus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantijas_si%C4%BC%C4%B7e" title="Atlantijas siļķe – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Atlantijas siļķe" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanteschen_Hierk" title="Atlanteschen Hierk – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Atlanteschen Hierk" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantin%C4%97_silk%C4%97" title="Atlantinė silkė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Atlantinė silkė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam%C9%9B%CC%81l%C9%9B" title="Lamɛ́lɛ – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Lamɛ́lɛ" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hering" title="Hering – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hering" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%87" title="رنجه اطلنطيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رنجه اطلنطيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haring_(soort)" title="Haring (soort) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Haring (soort)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" title="タイセイヨウニシン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="タイセイヨウニシン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenga" title="Arenga – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Arenga" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantik-Hiarang" title="Atlantik-Hiarang – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Atlantik-Hiarang" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sild" title="Sild – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sild" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sild" title="Sild – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sild" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ring" title="Héring – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Héring" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heren" title="Heren – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Heren" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Aled%C5%BA_oceaniczny" title="Śledź oceaniczny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Śledź oceaniczny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" title="Clupea harengus – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Clupea harengus" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hering" title="Hering – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Hering" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Atlantic herring </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Clupea_harengus.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Clupea_harengus.png/220px-Clupea_harengus.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Clupea_harengus.png 1.5x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="150" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"> <th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><img alt="" 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classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Clupea" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Actinopterygii" title="Actinopterygii">Actinopterygii</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clupeiformes" title="Clupeiformes">Clupeiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clupeidae" title="Clupeidae">Clupeidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clupea" title="Clupea"><i>Clupea</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>C. harengus</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Clupea harengus</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg/220px-Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg/330px-Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg/440px-Clupeaharengusdistkils.jpg 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Distribution on a <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/SeaWIFS" class="mw-redirect" title="SeaWIFS">SeaWIFS</a> image </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heringsfass.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Heringsfass.JPG/242px-Heringsfass.JPG" decoding="async" width="242" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Heringsfass.JPG/363px-Heringsfass.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Heringsfass.JPG/484px-Heringsfass.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3488" data-file-height="2616" /></a><figcaption><i>Clupea harengus</i> in a barrel</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Atlantic herring</b> (<i><b>Clupea harengus</b></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Herring" title="Herring">herring</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="/wiki/Clupeidae" title="Clupeidae">Clupeidae</a>. It is one of the most abundant fish species in the world. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the northern <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, congregating in large <a href="/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">schools</a>. They can grow up to 45 centimetres (18 in) in length and weigh up to 1.1 kilograms (2.4 lb). They feed on <a href="/wiki/Copepod" title="Copepod">copepods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krill" title="Krill">krill</a> and small fish, while their natural predators are <a href="/wiki/Pinniped" title="Pinniped">seals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cod" title="Cod">cod</a> and other larger fish.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Atlantic herring <a href="/wiki/Fishery" title="Fishery">fishery</a> has long been an important part of the economy of <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_provinces" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic provinces">Atlantic provinces</a> of Canada. This is because the fish congregate relatively near to the coast in massive schools, notably in the cold waters of the semi-enclosed <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Maine" title="Gulf of Maine">Gulf of Maine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Saint_Lawrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of Saint Lawrence">Gulf of St. Lawrence</a>. North Atlantic herring schools have been measured up to 4 cubic kilometres (0.96 cu mi) in size, containing an estimated four billion fish. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Atlantic herring have a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fusiform" class="extiw" title="wikt:fusiform">fusiform</a> body. <a href="/wiki/Gill_rakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Gill rakers">Gill rakers</a> in their mouths filter incoming water, trapping any <a href="/wiki/Zooplankton" title="Zooplankton">zooplankton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phytoplankton" title="Phytoplankton">phytoplankton</a>. </p><p>Atlantic herring are in general fragile. They have large and delicate <a href="/wiki/Gill" title="Gill">gill</a> surfaces, and contact with foreign matter can strip away their large scales. </p><p>They have retreated from many <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuaries</a> worldwide due to excess water <a href="/wiki/Pollution" title="Pollution">pollution</a> although in some estuaries that have been cleaned up, herring have returned. The presence of their <a href="/wiki/Larva" title="Larva">larvae</a> indicates cleaner and more–oxygenated waters. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg/500px-Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg" decoding="async" width="500" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg/960px-Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg/1000px-Clupea_harengus_Gervais.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="462" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Range_and_habitat">Range and habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Range and habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Atlantic herring can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. They range, <a href="/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">shoaling and schooling</a>, across North Atlantic waters such as the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Maine" title="Gulf of Maine">Gulf of Maine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_St_Lawrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf of St Lawrence">Gulf of St Lawrence</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy" title="Bay of Fundy">Bay of Fundy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Labrador_Sea" title="Labrador Sea">Labrador Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Davis_Straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis Straits">Davis Straits</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Beaufort_Sea" title="Beaufort Sea">Beaufort Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Denmark_Strait" title="Denmark Strait">Denmark Strait</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Sea" title="Norwegian Sea">Norwegian Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Skagerrak" title="Skagerrak">Skagerrak</a>, the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Sea" title="Celtic Sea">Celtic Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_the_Hebrides" title="Sea of the Hebrides">Sea of the Hebrides</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Atlantic herring are found in the northern waters surrounding the <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a>, they are not considered to be an Arctic species. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Baltic_herring">Baltic herring</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Baltic herring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg/220px-Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg/330px-Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg/440px-Baltic_herring_from_Poland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3885" data-file-height="2764" /></a><figcaption>Baltic herring from <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The small-sized herring in the inner parts of the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>, which is also less fatty than the true Atlantic herring (<i>Clupea harengus harengus</i>), is considered a distinct subspecies, <b>"Baltic herring"</b> (<i>Clupea harengus membras</i>), despite the lack of a distinctive <a href="/wiki/Genome" title="Genome">genome</a>. The Baltic herring has a specific name in many local languages (Swedish <i>strömming</i>, Finnish <i>silakka</i>, Estonian <i>räim</i>, <i>silk</i>, Livonian <i>siļk</i>, Russian салака, Polish <i>śledź bałtycki</i>, Latvian <i>reņģes</i>, Lithuanian <i>silkė</i>) and is popularly and in cuisine considered distinct from herring. For example, the Swedish dish <a href="/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming" title="Surströmming">surströmming</a> is made from Baltic herring. </p><p>Fisheries for Baltic herring have been at unsustainable levels since the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. Around this time, the primary Baltic herring catch consisted of an <a href="/wiki/Autumn" title="Autumn">autumn</a>-spawning population. Cooling in the mid-16th century related to the <a href="/wiki/Little_Ice_Age" title="Little Ice Age">Little Ice Age</a>, combined with this <a href="/wiki/Overfishing" title="Overfishing">overfishing</a>, led to a dramatic loss of productivity in the population of autumn-spawning herring that rendered it nearly extinct. Due to this, the autumn-spawning herring were largely replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Spring_(season)" title="Spring (season)">spring</a>-spawning population, which has since comprised most of the Baltic herring fisheries; this population is also at risk of overfishing.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_cycle">Life cycle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Life cycle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Herrings reach sexual maturity when they are 3 to 5 years old. The life expectancy once mature is 12 to 16 years. Atlantic herring may have different spawning components within a single stock which spawn during different seasons. They spawn in estuaries, coastal waters or in offshore banks. Fertilization is external, as in most other fish: the female releases between 20,000 and 40,000 eggs and the males simultaneously release masses of milt so that they mix freely in the sea. Once fertilized the 1 to 1.4 mm diameter eggs sink to the sea bed where their sticky surface adheres to gravel or weed. They mature in 1–3 weeks; in 14–19 °C water it takes 6–8 days, in 7,5 °C it takes 17 days.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They will only mature if the water temperature stays below 19 °C.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The hatched larvae are 3 to 4 mm long and transparent except for the eyes which have some pigmentation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Herrings are most seen in the North Atlantic Ocean, from the coast of <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> until Greenland, and from the Baltic Sea until <a href="/wiki/Novaya_Zemlya" title="Novaya Zemlya">Novaya Zemlya</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> people can distinguish four different main populations spawning in different periods:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>The Buchan-Shetland herrings spawn in August and September near the Scottish and <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a> coasts.</li> <li>On the <a href="/wiki/Dogger_Bank" title="Dogger Bank">Dogger Bank</a> herrings spawn from August until October.</li> <li>The more southern population will spawn later, from November until January. These are the herrings from the Southern Bight of Downs.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Soused_herring" title="Soused herring">Soused herring</a> spawns every spring in the Baltic Sea, and travels via Skagerrak to the North Sea.</li></ul> <p>These four populations live outside of the spawn season interchangeably. In their spawn season, each population gathers together on their own spawn grounds.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the past, there was another, fifth distinct population, the <a href="/wiki/Zuiderzee" title="Zuiderzee">Zuiderzee</a> herring, which spawned in the former Zuiderzee. This population disappeared when the Zuiderzee was drained by the Dutch as part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Zuiderzee_Works" title="Zuiderzee Works">Zuiderzee Works</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Herring-like fish are the most important fish group on the planet. They are also the most populous fish.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are the dominant converter of <a href="/wiki/Zooplankton" title="Zooplankton">zooplankton</a> into fish, consuming <a href="/wiki/Copepod" title="Copepod">copepods</a>, arrow worms <a href="/wiki/Chaetognatha" title="Chaetognatha">chaetognatha</a>, pelagic amphipods <a href="/wiki/Hyperiidae" title="Hyperiidae">hyperiidae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mysid" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysid">mysids</a> and <a href="/wiki/Krill" title="Krill">krill</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pelagic_zone" title="Pelagic zone">pelagic zone</a>. Conversely, they are a central prey item or <a href="/wiki/Forage_fish" title="Forage fish">forage fish</a> for higher <a href="/wiki/Trophic_level" title="Trophic level">trophic levels</a>. The reasons for this success are still enigmatic; one speculation attributes their dominance to the huge, extremely fast cruising <a href="/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">schools</a> they inhabit. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Orca" title="Orca">Orca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cod" title="Cod">cod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Porpoise" title="Porpoise">porpoises</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">sharks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sebastidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebastidae">rockfish</a>, seabirds, <a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">whales</a>, squid, <a href="/wiki/Sea_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Lion">sea lions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinniped" title="Pinniped">seals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuna" title="Tuna">tuna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fishermen" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishermen">fishermen</a> are among the predators of these fishes. </p><p>Herring's pelagic–prey includes <a href="/wiki/Copepod" title="Copepod">copepods</a> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Centropagidae" title="Centropagidae">Centropagidae</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Calanus" title="Calanus">Calanus</a></i> spp., <i><a href="/wiki/Acartia" title="Acartia">Acartia</a></i> spp., <i>Temora</i> spp.), <a href="/wiki/Amphipod" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphipod">amphipods</a> like <i>Hyperia</i> spp., larval <a href="/wiki/Snail" title="Snail">snails</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diatom" title="Diatom">diatoms</a> by larvae below 20 millimetres (0.79 in), peridinians, <a href="/wiki/Mollusc" class="mw-redirect" title="Mollusc">molluscan</a> larvae, fish eggs, <a href="/wiki/Krill" title="Krill">krill</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/Meganyctiphanes_norvegica" class="mw-redirect" title="Meganyctiphanes norvegica">Meganyctiphanes norvegica</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Mysid" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysid">mysids</a>, small fishes, <a href="/wiki/Menhaden" title="Menhaden">menhaden</a> larvae, <a href="/wiki/Pteropod" class="mw-redirect" title="Pteropod">pteropods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annelid" title="Annelid">annelids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tintinnid" title="Tintinnid">tintinnids</a> by larvae below 45 millimetres (1.8 in), Haplosphaera, <i>Pseudocalanus</i>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schooling">Schooling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Schooling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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/></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center">School of herring <a href="/wiki/Ram_feeding" class="mw-redirect" title="Ram feeding">ram feeding</a> close to the surface</div></div></div></div></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">Shoaling and schooling</a></div> <p>Atlantic herring can <a href="/wiki/Shoaling_and_schooling" title="Shoaling and schooling">school</a> in immense numbers. Radakov estimated herring schools in the North Atlantic can occupy up to 4.8 cubic kilometres with fish densities between 0.5 and 1.0 fish/cubic metre, equivalent to several million fish in one school.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Herring are amongst the most spectacular schoolers ("obligate schoolers" under older terminology). They aggregate in groups that consist of thousands to hundreds of thousands or even millions of individuals. The schools traverse the open oceans. </p><p>Schools have a very precise spatial arrangement that allows the school to maintain a relatively constant cruising speed. Schools from an individual stock generally travel in a triangular pattern between their spawning grounds, e.g. Southern <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, their feeding grounds (<a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>) and their nursery grounds (Northern Norway). Such wide triangular journeys are probably important because feeding herrings cannot distinguish their own offspring. They have excellent hearing, and a school can react very quickly to evade predators. Herring schools keep a certain distance from a moving scuba diver or a cruising predator like a killer whale, forming a vacuole which looks like a doughnut from a spotter plane.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The phenomenon of schooling is far from understood, especially the implications on swimming and feeding-energetics. Many hypotheses have been put forward to explain the function of schooling, such as predator confusion, reduced risk of being found, better orientation, and <a href="/wiki/Synchronization" title="Synchronization">synchronized</a> hunting. However, schooling has disadvantages such as: oxygen- and food-depletion and excretion buildup in the breathing media. The school-array probably gives advantages in energy saving although this is a highly controversial and much debated field. </p><p>Schools of herring can on calm days sometimes be detected at the surface from more than a mile away by the little waves they form, or from a few meters at night when they trigger <a href="/wiki/Bioluminescence" title="Bioluminescence">bioluminescence</a> in surrounding <a href="/wiki/Plankton" title="Plankton">plankton</a> ("firing"). All underwater recordings show herring constantly cruising reaching speeds up to 108 centimetres (43 in) per second, and much higher escape speeds. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_humans">Relationship with humans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Relationship with humans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fisheries">Fisheries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fisheries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Herring_as_food" title="Herring as food">Herring as food</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atlantic_herring,_capture_production,_million_tonnes,_1950-2022.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Atlantic_herring%2C_capture_production%2C_million_tonnes%2C_1950-2022.svg/500px-Atlantic_herring%2C_capture_production%2C_million_tonnes%2C_1950-2022.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Atlantic_herring%2C_capture_production%2C_million_tonnes%2C_1950-2022.svg/960px-Atlantic_herring%2C_capture_production%2C_million_tonnes%2C_1950-2022.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption><div class="center">Global capture production of Atlantic herring (<i>Clupea harengus</i>) in million tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">FAO</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></figcaption></figure> <p>The Atlantic herring fishery is managed by multiple organizations that work together on the rules and regulations applying to herring. As of 2010 the species was not threatened by <a href="/wiki/Overfishing" title="Overfishing">overfishing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-asmfc-atlantic_herring_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asmfc-atlantic_herring-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They are an important bait fish for recreational fishermen.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Purse seining for Atlantic herring"><img alt="Purse seining for Atlantic herring" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg/160px-Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg/240px-Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg/320px-Purse_seining_for_herring.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="421" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center"><a href="/wiki/Purse_seining" class="mw-redirect" title="Purse seining">Purse seining</a> for Atlantic herring</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harvesting with the purse seine"><img alt="Harvesting with the purse seine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg/80px-Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg/121px-Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg/161px-Harvesting_herring_with_a_purse_seine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="520" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center">Harvesting with the purse seine</div></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The catch"><img alt="The catch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg/160px-Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg/240px-Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg/320px-Catch_of_Atlantic_herring.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center">The catch</div></div> </li> </ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aquariums">Aquariums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aquariums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of their feeding habits, cruising desire, collective behavior and fragility they survive in very few <a href="/wiki/Aquarium" title="Aquarium">aquaria</a> worldwide despite their abundance in the ocean. Even the best facilities leave them slim and slow compared to healthy wild schools. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 33em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHerdson,_D.Priede,_I.G.2010" class="citation journal cs1">Herdson, D.; Priede, I.G. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 March</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Clupea+harengus&rft.pub=Integrated+Taxonomic+Information+System&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itis.gov%2Fservlet%2FSingleRpt%2FSingleRpt%3Fsearch_topic%3DTSN%26search_value%3D161722&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtlantic+herring" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Kils, U., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ecoscope.com/ecos_t_1.htm">The ecoSCOPE and dynIMAGE: Microscale Tools for <i>in situ</i> Studies of Predator Prey Interactions</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080221121942/http://www.ecoscope.com/ecos_t_1.htm">Archived</a> 21 February 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. 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Bradbury, J.R. Dymond, J.R. Greeley, S.F. Hildebrand, G.W. Mead, R.R. Miller, L.R. Rivas, W.L. Schroeder, R.D. Suttkus and V.D. Vladykov (1963) <i>Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part three</i> New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ.</li> <li>Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998 <i>Catalog of Fishes</i> Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-940228-47-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-940228-47-5">0-940228-47-5</a>.</li> <li>Fish, M.P. and W.H. Mowbray (1970) <i>Sounds of Western North Atlantic fishes. A reference file of biological underwater sounds</i> The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore.</li> <li>Flower, S.S. (1935) <i>Further notes on the duration of life in animals. I. Fishes: as determined by otolith and scale-readings and direct observations on living individuals</i> Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2:265-304.</li> <li>Food and Agriculture Organization (1992). FAO yearbook 1990. <i>Fishery statistics. Catches and landings</i> FAO Fish. Ser. (38). FAO Stat. Ser. 70:(105):647 p.</li> <li>Joensen, J.S. and Å. Vedel Tåning (1970) <i>Marine and freshwater fishes. Zoology of the Faroes LXII - LXIII</i>, 241 p. Reprinted from,</li> <li>Jonsson, G. (1992). Islenskir fiskar. Fiolvi, Reykjavik, 568 pp.</li> <li>Kinzer, J. (1983) <i>Aquarium Kiel: Beschreibungen zur Biologie der ausgestellten Tierarten.</i> Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel. pag. var.</li> <li>Koli, L. (1990) <i>Suomen kalat. [Fishes of Finland]</i> Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. Helsinki. 357 p. (in Finnish).</li> <li>Laffaille, P., E. Feunteun and J.C. Lefeuvre (2000) <i>Composition of fish communities in a European macrotidal salt marsh (the Mont Saint-Michel Bay, France)</i> Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 51(4):429-438.</li> <li>Landbrugs -og Fiskeriministeriet. (1995). Fiskeriårbogen 1996 <i>Årbog for den danske fiskerflåde</i> Fiskeriårbogens Forlag ved Iver C. Weilbach & Co A/S, Toldbodgade 35, Postbox 1560, DK-1253 København K, Denmark. p 333–338, 388, 389 (in Danish).</li> <li>Linnaeus, C. (1758) <i>Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae secundum Classes, Ordinus, Genera, Species cum Characteribus, Differentiis Synonymis, Locis</i> 10th ed., Vol. 1. Holmiae Salvii. 824 p.</li> <li>Munroe, Thomas, A. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds. 2002 <i>Herrings: Family Clupeidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine</i>, Third Edition. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. 111–160. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56098-951-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-56098-951-3">1-56098-951-3</a>.</li> <li>Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick 1997 <i>Fishes of Chesapeake Bay</i> Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xi + 324. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56098-638-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-56098-638-7">1-56098-638-7</a>.</li> <li>Muus, B., F. Salomonsen and C. Vibe (1990) <i>Grønlands fauna (Fisk, Fugle, Pattedyr)</i> Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag A/S København, 464 p. (in Danish).</li> <li>Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999) <i>Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book</i> Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p.</li> <li>Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström (1974) <i>Collins guide to the sea fishes of Britain and North-Western Europe</i> Collins, London, UK. 244 p.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFReidCargnelliGriesbachPacker1999" class="citation report cs1">Reid RN, Cargnelli LM, Griesbach SJ, Packer DB, Johnson DL, Zetlin CA, Morse WW, Berrien PL (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170213221115/http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm126/tm126.pdf">Atlantic Herring, <i>Clupea harengus</i>, Life History and Habitat Characteristics</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Report). Woods Hole, Massachusetts: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-126, NOAA. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm126/tm126.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 13 February 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Atlantic+Herring%2C+Clupea+harengus%2C+Life+History+and+Habitat+Characteristics&rft.place=Woods+Hole%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=Northeast+Fisheries+Science+Center%2C+National+Marine+Fisheries+Service%2C+National+Oceanic+and+Atmospheric+Administration&rft.date=1999&rft.aulast=Reid&rft.aufirst=RN&rft.au=Cargnelli%2C+LM&rft.au=Griesbach%2C+SJ&rft.au=Packer%2C+DB&rft.au=Johnson%2C+DL&rft.au=Zetlin%2C+CA&rft.au=Morse%2C+WW&rft.au=Berrien%2C+PL&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nefsc.noaa.gov%2Fnefsc%2Fpublications%2Ftm%2Ftm126%2Ftm126.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAtlantic+herring" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Robins, Richard C., <a href="/wiki/Reeve_Maclaren_Bailey" title="Reeve Maclaren Bailey">Reeve M. Bailey</a>, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991 <i>Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada</i>, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 183. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-913235-70-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-913235-70-9">0-913235-70-9</a>.</li> <li>Whitehead, Peter J. P. 1985. <i>Clupeoid Fishes of the World (Suborder Clupeoidei): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Herrings, Sardines, Pilchards, Sprats, Shads, Anchovies and Wolf-herrings: Part 1 - Chirocentridae, Clupeidae and Pristigasteridae</i> FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 7, pt. 1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. x + 303. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/92-5-102340-9" title="Special:BookSources/92-5-102340-9">92-5-102340-9</a>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_herring&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=24&genusname=Clupea&speciesname=harengus%20harengus">Information on Fishbase</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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normal;">†</abbr><a href="/wiki/Double-armored_herring" class="mw-redirect" title="Double-armored herring">Double-armored herring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Herring boats</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herring_buss" title="Herring buss">Herring buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herring_seiner" class="mw-redirect" title="Herring seiner">Herring seiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drifter_(fishing_boat)" title="Drifter (fishing boat)">Drifter (fishing boat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tradewind_(schooner)" title="Tradewind (schooner)"><i>Tradewind</i> (schooner)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Eva_(steam_drifter)" title="Lydia Eva (steam drifter)"><i>Lydia Eva</i> (steam drifter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reaper_(sailing_vessel)" title="Reaper (sailing vessel)"><i>Reaper</i> (sailing vessel)</a></li></ul> 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_herring_gull" title="European herring gull">Herring gull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_herring" title="Red herring">Red herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herring_fair" title="Herring fair">Herring fair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Herring_Song" title="The Herring Song">The Herring Song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herringbone_(cloth)" title="Herringbone (cloth)">Herringbone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scania_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Scania Market">Scania Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_east_coast_fishery" title="Scottish east coast fishery">Scottish east coast fishery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Guylaine" title="Marc Guylaine">Marc Guylaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netz_%C3%BCber_Bord_%E2%80%93_Heringsfang_auf_der_Nordsee" title="Netz über Bord – Heringsfang auf der Nordsee"><i>Netz über Bord</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Herring_Hunt" title="Herring Hunt">Herring Hunt</a></i></li></ul> 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scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Taxon_identifiers3702" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Clupea harengus</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2396858" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q2396858">Q2396858</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Clupea_harengus" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Clupea harengus">Clupea 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