Clupea Clupea Clupea is genus of planktivorous bony fish belonging to the family Clupeidae, commonly known as herrings. They are found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of "Clupea" are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring ("Clupea harengus") and the Pacific herring ("Clupea pallasii") may each be divided into subspecies. Herrings are forage fish moving in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they form important commercial fisheries. The species of "Clupea" belong to the larger family Clupeidae (herrings, shads,
History of the west coast of North America economy also benefited the region as the ability to trade across the Pacific continued to show its great potential. However, only a few decades later, Japan would become a major threat. During World War II, there were few attacks against North America, but the occasional Japanese submarine lurked off the shores. Japan tried to damage the region by sending over thousands of Fu-Go balloon bombs in an attempt to light forest fires. These were generally ineffective; a few landed in either Canada or the United States but they caused no great destruction. More destructive was the internment of ethnic Japanese,