Pacific HerringPacific herring are a cornerstone of the marine foodweb and support a diversity of marine predators. In addition to wildlife, they have sustained coastal First Nation communities for many thousands of years and, in more recent decades, have been the foc.Pacific herring are fed upon by a diversity of marine predators that include marine birds, mammals, fishes and invertebrates. For example, off the coast of Vancouver Island,Pacific herring still underpin much of the coastal foodweb. Unfortunately, like many fishes throughout the world’s oceans, Pacific herring have been heavily exploited. BC’s herring populations collapsed in the 1960’s due to overfishing. Following several decades of rebuilding, herring are again in trouble and many areas of the coast remain closed to fishing due low herring biomass.
