The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

Let’s take a look at its complicated culinary history. Herring in vinegar, photo: iStockphoto/Getty Images For centuries, the consumption of saltwater fish was rather limited in central and southern ...

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and slow-growing plankton-eating spring- and autumn-spawning Baltic herring. Photo: Leif Andersson. Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical plankton-eating fish of central importance for the ...

Young gutters in Wick in a photograph from The Wick Society's Johnston Collection Up until about 70 years ago, herring fishing provided a livelihood to hundreds of Scottish women. They were dubbed ...

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