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SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Clupea harengus

SPECIES NAME(s)

Atlantic herring

It is thought that there are two biological stocks in this region: one in division 6a North, and another in division 6a South and in divisions 7b-c. Since the 2015 benchmark assessment, the two stocks have been jointly assessed as they cannot be separated in catches or surveys (ICES 2017).