Exploitation, distribution and life history features of Pacific herring in the Bering Sea

This report has been prepared in response to a growing demand for information pertaining to herring resources in the Bering Sea. Much of the demand has been from the U.S. fishing industry which is primarily interested in herring distribution and the feasibility of establishing fisheries. To fulfill these and other more general requests, the available relevant information relative to exploitation and distribution have been included in this report. Also included in entirety are the reported herring catches of the Japanese Bering Sea fisheries. These are reported monthly by 1° longitude and 1/2° latitude and are probably the best indicators of the feasibility of commercial exploitation by the U.S. fishing industry.