Eco Details

• These small fish swim in large schools and are related to shads, sardines and menhadens.
• Strong joint management between the U.S. and Canada helped revive the Atlantic herring fishery, and populations of these herring appear to be on the rise.
• Alewife, or river herring, were abundant in the late 1950s, but habitat loss and overfishing drastically reduced stocks.
• Pacific herring are highly prized for their roe (eggs) in Asia. Populations appear to be a fraction of what they used to be.