The atlantic herring Clupea harengus linnaeus, 1758 is a
pelagic clupeid, schooling, plankton-feeding species that inhabits
the coastal areas from inshore to well offshore waters, at depths
to 200 m (Whitehead, 1986). This target species has been crucial
for food security and economic development in northern europe
(Martinez-Barrio et al., 2016). Its fishery currently ranks among the
five largest fisheries in the world, with nearly 2 million tons of fish
landed annually in the last years (Fao, 2010-2019).
This species is distributed on both sides of the north atlantic
ocean. In the western atlantic, it ranges from labrador to cape
Hatteras; in the eastern atlantic, from the northern part of the
Bay of Biscay to Greenland, and to the east into the Barents
sea (Whitehead, 1985, 1986). In the northeastern atlantic, a
large number of intraspecific groups (races, stocks, and populations) are distinguished by their spawning grounds and seasons, otolith morphology and meristic characters (Berg et al.,
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