Caribou Wharf Herring Fishing
Herring The Atlantic herring , Clupea harengus Global commercial capture of herrings in million tonnes reported by the FAO 1950–2010 [1] Herring are forage fish , mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae . Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast. The most abundant and commercially important species belong to the genus Clupea , found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea , as well as off the west coast of South America. Three species of Clupea are recognised, and provide about 90% of all herrings captured in fisheries. Most abundant of all is the Atlantic herring , providing over half of all herring capture. Fishes called herring are also found in the Arabian Sea , Indian Ocean , and Bay of Bengal . Herring played a ...