Some types of fish have high levels of mercury, which can be dangerous in high quantities. But herring has a low mercury content, when compared to some other fish. Still, it’s important to ...

The current project was initiated when the principal investigator was informed by a local fisherman at the coast northeast of Uppsala that there is a special type of herring “that always spawns ...

Now, in their latest Nature-published research, researchers from the University of Uppsala, Sweden, have proven that the Slåttersill is a genetically distinct type of herring from other herrings.