Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of clupeidae. herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the north pacific and north atlantic oceans, including the baltic sea, as well as off the west coast of south america. three species of clupea (the type genus of the herring family clupeidae) are recognised, and provide about 90% of all herrings captured in fisheries. the most abundant of all is the atlantic herring, providing over half of all herring capture. fish called herring are also found in the arabian sea, indian ocean, and bay of bengal. herring played a pivotal role in the history of ...

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