The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)
Abstract We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions:...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/qua.2018.153 2024-10-13T14:07:23+00:00 The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500) Holm, Poul Ludlow, Francis Scherer, Cordula Travis, Charles Allaire, Bernard Brito, Cristina Hayes, Patrick W. Matthews, J. Al Rankin, Kieran J. Breen, Richard J. Legg, Robert Lougheed, Kevin Nicholls, John 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.153 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589418001539 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Quaternary Research volume 108, page 92-106 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 2019 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.153 2024-09-18T04:04:06Z Abstract We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences of the Fish Revolution for fishing communities? While these questions would have been considered unknowable a decade or two ago, methodological developments in marine environmental history and historical ecology have moved information about both supply and demand into the realm of the discernible. Although much research remains to be done, we conclude that this was a major event in the history of resource extraction from the sea, mediated by forces of climate change and globalisation, and is likely to provide a fruitful agenda for future multidisciplinary research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Gadus morhua North Atlantic Cambridge University Press Quaternary Research 1 15 |
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Abstract We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences of the Fish Revolution for fishing communities? While these questions would have been considered unknowable a decade or two ago, methodological developments in marine environmental history and historical ecology have moved information about both supply and demand into the realm of the discernible. Although much research remains to be done, we conclude that this was a major event in the history of resource extraction from the sea, mediated by forces of climate change and globalisation, and is likely to provide a fruitful agenda for future multidisciplinary research. |
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Holm, Poul Ludlow, Francis Scherer, Cordula Travis, Charles Allaire, Bernard Brito, Cristina Hayes, Patrick W. Matthews, J. Al Rankin, Kieran J. Breen, Richard J. Legg, Robert Lougheed, Kevin Nicholls, John |
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Holm, Poul Ludlow, Francis Scherer, Cordula Travis, Charles Allaire, Bernard Brito, Cristina Hayes, Patrick W. Matthews, J. Al Rankin, Kieran J. Breen, Richard J. Legg, Robert Lougheed, Kevin Nicholls, John The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500) |
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Holm, Poul Ludlow, Francis Scherer, Cordula Travis, Charles Allaire, Bernard Brito, Cristina Hayes, Patrick W. Matthews, J. Al Rankin, Kieran J. Breen, Richard J. Legg, Robert Lougheed, Kevin Nicholls, John |
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The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500) |
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