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Pacific Herring Roe. Instead of landing on the sea floor or adhering to kelp or sea grass the strong winds have washed these Pacific Herring (Clupea palasii) eggs onto the shore. A higher tide may wash them back to sea or they may be eaten by seals, sea lions, gulls or oystercatchers. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/158509/a_closer_view.html" title="A Closer View!"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2839/158509_thumb.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=hRA3zAawJzBIZKAAymS9DoA6t9U%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="A Closer View! Those little, 1mm in diameter, spheres are the fertilized Pacific Herring eggs. These eggs were up to 8mm deep on this beach. So, billions and billions of eggs have been washed up. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/158508/pacific_herring_roe.html Canada,Clupea pallasii,Geotagged,Pacific herring,Winter" /></a></figure> Canada,Clupea pallasii,Geotagged,Pacific herring,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Pacific Herring Roe.

Instead of landing on the sea floor or adhering to kelp or sea grass the strong winds have washed these Pacific Herring (Clupea palasii) eggs onto the shore. A higher tide may wash them back to sea or they may be eaten by seals, sea lions, gulls or oystercatchers.

A Closer View! Those little, 1mm in diameter, spheres are the fertilized Pacific Herring eggs. These eggs were up to 8mm deep on this beach. So, billions and billions of eggs have been washed up. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/158508/pacific_herring_roe.html Canada,Clupea pallasii,Geotagged,Pacific herring,Winter

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    Christine Young
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    Whoa! That is quite a sight! Posted one year ago
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      gary fast
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      Yes, something to see! Posted one year ago

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The Pacific herring

The Pacific herring is a species of the herring family associated with the Pacific Ocean environment of North America and northeast Asia. It is a silvery fish with unspined fins and a deeply forked caudal fin. The distribution is widely along the California coast from Baja California north to Alaska and the Bering Sea; in Asia the distribution is south to Japan, Korea, and China.

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Uploaded Mar 13, 2024. Captured Mar 11, 2024 11:40 in 22J2+GC Mansons Landing, BC, Canada.
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  • f/3.5
  • 1/200s
  • ISO80
  • 4.1mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.