name: Atlantic Herring

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food_db_id: Atlantic herring

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name_scientific: Clupea harengus harengus

description: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) is a herring in the family Clupeidae. It is one of the most abundant fish species on earth. Atlantic herrings can be found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, congregating in large schools. They can grow up to 45 centimetres in length and weigh more than 0.5 kilograms . 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 Maritime 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 4 cubic kilometres in size, containing an estimated 4 billion fish.

itis_id: 161724

wikipedia_id: Atlantic herring

picture_file_name: 293.jpg

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picture_file_size: 10362

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:34:09.000Z

legacy_id: 320

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:30.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:22.000Z

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export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 7950

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public_id: FOOD00292