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Vulnerability
Species’ vulnerability not assesed
Information
Oceanic species found in schools. Adults feed on planktonic crustaceans, marine worms, and small fishes. In the spring large spawning shoals migrate toward the coasts, males usually arrive first. Often entering brackish and freshwater. Females are valued for their roe, males are utilized as fishmeal. Marketed canned and frozen; eaten fried and dried.
Localization
Circumpolar in the Arctic. North Atlantic: Barents Sea up to Bear Island, in the White and Norwegian seas, off the coast of Greenland up to 74°N and from Hudson Bay in Canada to Gulf of Maine, USA. North Pacific: south to Korea and Juan de Fuca Strait, Canada.
Credits: Fishbase, Sealifebase, Aquamaps
Environment
Marine
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