Herring barrel news

The herring barrel is a unit of measure enacted by King Edward IV of England in 1482, establishing 42 gallons as the standard size for a barrel of herring (in order to end cheating in the packing of fish). Expatica reports that in June this year, a five kilogramme barrel containing 45 herrings fetched EUR 66,000 at the traditional Scheveningen fish auction. This means each herring was sold for EUR 1,650. The barrel was bought by a group of young entrepreneurs from Harderwijk, the same buyers as in 2008, and the proceeds of the sale were donated to a child-care charity.