. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . Figure 32-7. Range of Pacific herring in winter and spring. and smaller spav^Tiing concentrations occur to the north and south (see Fig. 32-4). The relation of herring spawning in Norton Sound to spawning stocks to the south is unclear. Those in Norton Sound are genetically similar to spawning stocks to the south (Grant 1979) and appear in inshore waters in late May to early June (Barton 1978), which suggests they may winter offshore. However, it is possible that some or all herring rema
. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . Figure 32-7. Range of Pacific herring in winter and spring. and smaller spav^Tiing concentrations occur to the north and south (see Fig. 32-4). The relation of herring spawning in Norton Sound to spawning stocks to the south is unclear. Those in Norton Sound are genetically similar to spawning stocks to the south (Grant 1979) and appear in inshore waters in late May to early June (Barton 1978), which suggests they may winter offshore. However, it is possible that some or all herring remain in Norton Sound the year round. Barton (1978) reported that an autumn, non-spawning run occurs in Golovnin Bay in northern Norton Sound, and herring have been caught through the ice by local residents jigging for cod in this area and near Nome. Moreover, herring have been found in ringed seal (Phoca hispida) stomachs collected near Nome in November. To the north of Norton Sound, herring occur in Port Clarence, and in inlets from the Bering strait to areas within Kotzebue Sound. Many, if not all, stocks found north of Nome remain in the im- mediate area the year round and winter in coastal lagoons and brackish bays, even though in several locations (, Port Clarence, Shishmaref Inlet, and inner Kotzebue Sound) ice may cover the surface (Barton 1978). Herring may also occur along the Alaska Peninsula and throughout the Aleutian Islands. Marsh and Cobb (1911) reported a large spawning at Atka Island in 1910, and spring and autumn runs (the latter presumably non-spawning) at Unalaska and Port Heiden. The fishery which operated at Unalaska in
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