Measure of herring (4)

I believe the answer is:

cran

(Other definitions for cran that I've seen before include "Unit used for measuring herring" , "Measuring unit for fresh herring" , "quantity of herrings" , "Herring measure" , "Unit for measuring fresh herrings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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