Sea ice, climate and Icelandic fisheries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
ABSTRACT. The expansion and subsequent decline in catches in many fisheries of the world during the 20th century suggest that the history of fisheries needs our urgent attention. Analysis of environmental effects on fisheries in the past (when overfishing was not an issue) may cast light on current...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.572.909 2023-05-15T14:19:45+02:00 Sea ice, climate and Icelandic fisheries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries A. E. J. Ogilvie I. Jónsdóttir The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2000 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.572.909 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-4-383.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.572.909 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-4-383.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-4-383.pdf Key words Arctic sea ice climate/sea interactions cod fisheries fisheries history Iceland text 2000 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:37:04Z ABSTRACT. The expansion and subsequent decline in catches in many fisheries of the world during the 20th century suggest that the history of fisheries needs our urgent attention. Analysis of environmental effects on fisheries in the past (when overfishing was not an issue) may cast light on current concerns about declining fish stocks. Primary documentary evidence from Iceland was used for preliminary investigations into correlations between sea-ice extent, sea temperatures, ocean currents, and cod fishing, and hence between severe weather and the decline of Icelandic fisheries in the past. The sources suggest that fishing was generally successful in Iceland during the medieval period and well into the 16th century. However, in the 17th through the 19th centuries, the fisheries failed on numerous occasions, sometimes for several years. The causes of these failures were complex. Climate likely played a part, and this was certainly the perception of contemporary writers; however, socioeconomic factors were also involved. Text Arctic Arctic Iceland Sea ice Unknown Arctic |
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ABSTRACT. The expansion and subsequent decline in catches in many fisheries of the world during the 20th century suggest that the history of fisheries needs our urgent attention. Analysis of environmental effects on fisheries in the past (when overfishing was not an issue) may cast light on current concerns about declining fish stocks. Primary documentary evidence from Iceland was used for preliminary investigations into correlations between sea-ice extent, sea temperatures, ocean currents, and cod fishing, and hence between severe weather and the decline of Icelandic fisheries in the past. The sources suggest that fishing was generally successful in Iceland during the medieval period and well into the 16th century. However, in the 17th through the 19th centuries, the fisheries failed on numerous occasions, sometimes for several years. The causes of these failures were complex. Climate likely played a part, and this was certainly the perception of contemporary writers; however, socioeconomic factors were also involved. |
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