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Herring Spawning Areas
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About this dataset
Herring eggs are deposited on the seabed in discrete gravel beds or flat stone and the herring are completely reliant on these spawning beds for reproduction. Spawning beds refers to known discrete gravel beds used by herring. Nearby spawning beds are grouped into spawning grounds, which may contain one or more spawning beds. Spawning grounds are further grouped into spawning areas. Suggested Citation: Nolan, C; O'Sullivan, D. (2023). Herring Spawning Areas. Marine Institute, Ireland. https://doi.org/10/kr82