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Facts of interest

Spawning herring weight: 30 times the Norwegian population
ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) estimated the spawning stock biomass of Norwegian Spring Spawning herring to around 10.3 million tonnes in 2006. Read the report here.

The main spawning Ground for this stock is on the continental shelf off Runde. The total weight of the spawning herring equals approximately the weight of 140 million people with an average weight of 70 kilograms each.