The Japanese herring fishery collapsed in the middle of the 20th century.

20世纪中叶，日本鲱鱼渔业崩溃。

If she will cook some for dinner, you will find that they are very good to eat.

妈妈把鲱鱼做成菜, 你会觉得鲱鱼肉很好吃的！

Talking of red herrings, there is one ingredient missing.

说到鲱鱼，少了一种食材。

I mean, first of all, what about this poor fish, the clupeids?

首先来说， 这种小鱼怎么样，鲱鱼？

Next enjoy lots of fresh lobster, pickled herring, salmon and char.

还有大龙虾、腌鲱鱼、鲑鱼和点鲑鱼。

Welcome to Scheveningen — the seaside town obsessed with the herring, illustrated by this giant herring eating statue.

来到斯赫弗宁恩——这个痴迷于鲱鱼的海滨小镇，由这个巨型吃鲱鱼的雕像来说明。

And it's delicious, slippery raw fish known as herring.

它是美味的，滑滑的生鱼，被称为鲱鱼。

They need to eat the oily fish like salmon, sardines and mackerel.

他们需要吃像鲑鱼、沙丁鱼和鲱鱼这样的油性鱼类。

Indeed if they are put into fresh water, they soon die.

要是把鲱鱼放到淡水里, 很快就会死掉。

I mean their town's flag even has three herrings on it.

我是说他们镇的旗帜上甚至有三条鲱鱼。

Let us cut open a fresh herring, and look into it.

咱们把鲱鱼切开, 看看里面吧。

In some places, herring is a popular food.

在一些地方，鲱鱼是一种很受的食物。

Herring is a typical Dutch fish — it's a specialty from us.

鲱鱼是一种典型的荷兰鱼，是我们的特产。

In the United States, herring is also part of a curious expression.

在美国，" 鲱鱼" 也是奇怪表达的一部分。

Oh, so, for no reason, I've just been carrying around this red herring?

噢，所以说，我就无缘无故的，带来这只鲱鱼吗？

We sell, I think, two to three hundred herrings a year.

我想我们一年能卖两三百条鲱鱼。

Ask your mother to buy some fresh herrings, and then you can see what they are like.

让妈妈买点儿鲱鱼回来, 就能看见它们什么样了。

Here they eat the herring a little differently.

在这里，他们吃鲱鱼的方式有点不同。

Many other fishes eat the spawn, or the sea would soon be full of herrings.

还有很多其他的鱼会把卵块吃掉, 不然, 海里很快就到处是鲱鱼了。

Here in our town, the herring is so fresh that you can eat directly after the cleaning.

在我们镇上，鲱鱼很，清洗完后可以直接吃。