Herring
| Herring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A common ocean fish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ocean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season |  Spring •  Winter
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Dart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 8–21
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| Fishing XP | 11  14  17  23
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Aged Roe (+40%)
The Herring is a fish that can be caught in the ocean at The Beach or on the Beach Farm during Spring and Winter. It can also be found randomly at the Traveling Cart for 
100–1,000g.
Herring can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.
Map
The Herring can be found in the ocean.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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| Neutral |  Demetrius •  Elliott •  Leo •  Linus •  Pam •  Sebastian •  Willy
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| Dislike |  Abigail •  Alex •  Caroline •  Clint •  Dwarf •  Emily •  George •  Gus •  Harvey •  Jas •  Jodi •  Kent •  Krobus •  Leah •  Lewis •  Marnie •  Maru •  Penny •  Robin •  Sam •  Sandy •  Shane •  Vincent •  Wizard
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| Hate |  Evelyn •  Haley •  Pierre
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Bundles
Herring is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. |  Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)
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 100 45
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220g
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Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. |  Sap (4) Any Fish (1)
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N/A |  Farming Level 9
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10g
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Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | Any Fish (1)
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75 33
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75g
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)Tailoring
Herring can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Sailor Shirt. 
It can be used in dyeing, serving as a blue dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Herring can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every day. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing two quests. The only possible output is blue Herring Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| 3 | 5 | 3 Driftwood | 25 |
| 5 | 10 | 1 Coral | 25 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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11 | 1-10 | 100% | 23-95% |
| Nothing | 1-10 | 0% | 77-5% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One Herring may be randomly requested in Spring or Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 90g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may randomly request 1-5 herring during Spring or Winter at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 30g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).