Biological Stock
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
Denmark
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
Denmark
Purse seines
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
Denmark
Semipelagic trawls
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
France
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
Germany
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
Lithuania
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
Netherlands
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
EU/NEAFC
United Kingdom
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
Faroes/NEAFC
Faroe Islands
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
Faroes/NEAFC
Faroe Islands
Purse seines
Fishery:
Iceland/NEAFC
Iceland
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
Iceland/NEAFC
Iceland
Purse seines
Fishery:
Norway/NEAFC
Norway
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
Norway/NEAFC
Norway
Purse seines
Fishery:
Russia/NEAFC
Russian Federation
Midwater trawls
Fishery:
Russia/NEAFC
Russian Federation
Purse seines
Profile updated on 19 February 2024
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Clupea harengus
SPECIES NAME(s)
Atlantic herring
COMMON NAMES
Norwegian spring-spawning herring, Atlanto-Scandian herring
The NE Atlantic Spring spawner herring (also known as Norwegian Spring spawning herring) is the largest herring stock in the world and is widely distributed and highly migratory through the parts of the NE Atlantic where it occurs.
It is treated and assessed as a single stock, based on the evidence of no genetic differences between the various spawning areas. Occasionally, some mixing with other herring stocks may occur in adjacent areas to its distribution (ICES 2021).
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ANALYSIS
Strengths
- Currently, fishery management is based on precautionary HCR (Harvest Control Rule) evaluated by MSE (Management strategies evaluation) (ICES 2023).
SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
8.6
Managers Compliance:
4.3
Fishers Compliance:
10.0
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