The following is reprinted from the Bass River Gazzette, Issue No.2, Oct 1998, with the author's permission:
"Herrintown was used locally to refer to New Gretna. When used by a Clamtown (Tuckerton) resident it was a derogatory term, but New Gretna residents used the term proudly as "herrin" was important to the local economy for many years."
If I find any other information I will post it here as well, but this is all I have found for now.