small herring

The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds.

Also, small herrings may be used instead of sprats.

Brit is the name given for small herrings belonging to the family Clupeidae

That in turn meant bigger vessels, which pushed the smaller herring vessels out of business.

In the rivers and lakes there are salmon, trout, scuba, eel, gudgeon, catfish, carp, torpedo and small herring.

Fresh Herrings Fresh small herrings, also called fresh sardines, are very inexpensive now that they are available from local waters.

Like a small Herring Gull (p. 151), but adult easily separated by yellow-green legs and bill; bill much less stout and with no red spot near tip.

She glanced about the shack with wavering desperation, as if hoping that in some magical way a small herring might materialize for her in each of the dingy corners.

NOTE: You can substitute any small full-flavored fish, like fresh anchovies, small herring, baby mackerel, red mullet, smelts, sunfish or baby trout.

During the six-to-eight-week season, aficionados present shad roe twice a day: a few small herring roe for breakfast, a plump set of shad roe for dinner.

In 1801, Hesnæs was a small herring fishing community consisting of 18 families in clay-plastered, whitewashed houses set out in rows beside the shore with gardens in the rear.

Whereas a small herring population remains in the fjords and along the northern Norwegian coast, the majority spends the summer in the Barents Sea, where it feeds on the rich plankton.

The adult basically resembles a small Herring Gull, the most noticeable differences being the short stubby red bill and "string of pearls" white wing primary tips, rather than the large "mirrors" of some other species.

LEAD: Tens of thousands of small herring have died in creeks and shallow riverbeds of the northeast Bronx in the last few days, clogging the waterways and creating a rancid smell.

Usually Bullen would have expected a pair of small herring at the least, but from his brief glance at Ransom's appearance he seemed to accept that these few gallons of water were the limit of his wealth.

USS Grayback (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS-574), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback, a small herring of commercial importance in the Great Lakes.

Many of the most inspired of the Monty Python sketches - the fish-slapping dance, in which two British soldiers perform a ceremonial jig that involves slapping each other with two small herrings, or Cleese's famous Ministry of Silly Walks - had that quality of being simply and joyously ridiculous.