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Record 1 2005-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Spent or skotten herring have lost all their milt or roe, and are in a very poor condition, having no fat about their intestines ... The spent herring ... rapidly leave the coast and retire into deeper water, where they remain for a time and then return as maties to the shallows, and develop their reproductive organs, becoming full herring in the course of three or four months ...

CONT

The male and spent herring are usually discarded as waste products, although small amounts are used for fish meal, silage and pet food production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

BT-22.

Spanish

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