Thames and Blackwater herring at West Mersea, Mersea Island, Essex, England UK

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The Thames and Blackwater herring is a sub-species of the North Sea herring which is smaller, with one less vertebrae, and is spring – rather than autumn – spawning.

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Keywords: blackwater, coast, coastal, commercial, england, essex, estuary, fishing, herring, island, mersea, north, sea, thames, uk, west