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This pace matches that of an average swimming herring and suggests that the millions of fish were swimming synchronously. They headed south towards shallower spawning grounds, presumably to shoot out eggs and sperm en masse. As he was watching the fish, he also took samples of them using trawlers.
Makris thinks that a synchronised orgy is the main purpose of the gathering horde. He suggests that the shoals form in deeper waters because there, they are less likely to be attacked by predators like whales, dolphins and tuna that prefer to hunt in shallower seas. Only when they have formed a massive defensive swarm do they head for inland to breed and even then, only under cover of darkness. Subscribe to the feed. All rights reserved. Share Tweet Email. Go Further. Animals Climate change is shrinking many Amazonian birds.
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Animals Wild Cities Wild parakeets have taken a liking to London. Norwegian spring spawning herring spawns between February and March and is at its best in the autumn. On the other hand, the premium catch period of the North Sea herring is in the summer, when it migrates close to the Norwegian coastline. Herring is a seasonal treat and in Holland they celebrate the "maatjes" arrival with a festival. They even send the first catch of the year to their Queen.
Norwegians have been fishing for herring for centuries, so it should come as no surprise that we have the process down to an art form. We use the latest electronic sonar equipment to locate the fish and then our expert fishermen set to work reeling them in. The most common method we use is a purse seine, a large scooped netting contraption designed to encircle a shoal of fish.
This vitamin rich and healthy food was a true lifesaver for the poor, and a vital prop in the economies of world powers. The foundations of the British and Dutch empires are considered by many to have been built on herring fisheries and trade.
Herring were considered so valuable that in , Britain and Holland used their navies in a dispute over the control of the herring grounds. This is the only known case of a humble fish causing a bloody international conflict.
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