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Atlantic herring
Clupeidae
Clupea harengus · Least concern
Even one of the most abundant fish on Earth has known collapse. In the Baltic, overfishing combined with the cooling of the Little Ice Age in the mid-16th century nearly wiped out the autumn-spawning Atlantic herring, and spring spawners took their place in the fisheries.
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European pilchard
Clupeidae
Sardina pilchardus · Least concern
Sardine or pilchard: it is the same fish. The young are sold as sardines and adults as pilchards. It was the first sardine ever described. In the Mediterranean it makes up almost half of the catch of small open-sea fish.
Photo: Gervais et Boulart (Public domain)
European sprat
Clupeidae
Sprattus sprattus · Least concern
This little herring rarely grows beyond 16 cm, but it has a long list of names: Baltic herring, brisling, garvie, skipper, Russian sardine and more. Fished especially in Scandinavia, it ends up canned, smoked, fried or turned into fish meal. Its numbers swing widely, especially in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
Photo: Gervais et Boulart (Public domain)