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Profile updated on 15 December 2021
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Clupea harengus
SPECIES NAME(s)
Atlantic herring
COMMON NAMES
Norwegian spring-spawning herring, Atlanto-Scandian herring
The NE Atlantic Spring spawner herring (also known as Norwegian Spring spawning herring) is the largest herring stock in the world, and is widely distributed and highly migratory through the parts of the NE Atlantic where it occurs.
It is treated and assessed as a single stock, based on the evidence of no genetic differences between the various spawning areas. Occasionally, some mixing with other herring stocks may occur in adjacent areas to its distribution (ICES 2021).
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ANALYSIS
- A precautionary management plan is in effect (ICES 2018).
FISHSOURCE SCORES
Management Quality:
8.7
4.3
9.4
