Norfish: Danish Kattegat herring fishery, 1520-1899 ...

• Main Authors: Holm, Poul, Nicholls, John
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Data Archive 2020
• Subjects: Biology > Fish; Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings; Clupeidae Cuvier, 1816; Kattegat; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/487; http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?dasid=7761&doiid=490

NorFish is a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant led by Prof Poul Holm in Trinity College Dublin, focuses on the premise that a 16th century shift in marine fish pricing and supply in conjunction with the Little Ice Age and lowering of sea temperatures not only rise to the North Atlantic Fish Revolution but also forms one of the first documented examples of the disrupting effects of globalisation and climate change. The project examines the role of the Fish Revolution for a range of inter-related aspects of North Atlantic history, with NorFish’s interdisciplinary team drawing on archaeology, history, cartography, geography, and ecology to develop interpretative frameworks that synthesise a broad spectrum of source data to assess the overall objective of the project. NorFish’s interdisciplinary team draws on archaeology, history, cartography, geography, and ecology to assess the objectives of the project ... : The Kattegat is historically important as the entry to the Baltic from the North Sea and the wider Atlantic. For centuries, whoever held control of this region determined the rights and abilities of shipping to pass safely. Taxes were levied on passing vessels and local fisheries were recognised separately as a result. The local herring fishery was typically subject to the “oar tax” which extracted a value in herrings per vessel as payment for safe landing and harbouring in the Kattegat. ...