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Pacific herring

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Noun1.Pacific herring - important food fish of the northern Pacific
Clupea, genus Clupea - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings
Clupea harangus, herring - commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific


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Fecal samples collected in SFB indicate that harbor seals in this region feed on Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax), plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus), Pacific staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus), white croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus), jacksmelt (Atherinopsis californiensis), and English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus) (Torok, 1994).
His work began when looking at how PAHs from oil had damaged the developing hearts of Pacific herring and pink salmon embryos after the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989.
Mackerel is the leanest rich source of omega-3s Omega-3s(mg) Fat(g) Calories Pacific herring 2.
 
 
 
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