Norfish: Spanish and Basque Newfoundland Cod Fishery 1520-1790

Josh Ivinson; John Nicholls

doi:10.14284/502

Norfish: Spanish and Basque Newfoundland Cod Fishery 1520-1790

Citation

Ivinson, J and Nicholls, J. 2020. Norfish: Spanish and Basque Newfoundland Cod Fishery 1520-1790. Dublin: TCD https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/502 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

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.

Additional info

The Spanish data for fishing in Newfoundland in this time period are sparse and severely limited; and quantitative sources are especially rare. Numerous qualitative reports are available based on contemporary observations and reports of fishing undertaken by Spanish fishing crews, as well as several estimates of the scale of this activity made by contemporary observers. Many of these historic estimates and data of fishing in the New World by Spaniards are not presentations of national data but pertain to the fishing effort of sub-national regions: Galicia, Cantabria, Asturias, and in particular the Spanish Basque country, from which the majority of Spanish fishing ventures departed.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125732

Gadus Linnaeus, 1758
rank: genus

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126436

Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

AN, North Atlantic

ANE, Spain > station Spanish Basque country

ANW, Canada, Newfoundland > station Newfoundland Coast

ANW, Grand Banks

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Josh Ivinson
originator
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Centre for Environmental Humanities

John Nicholls
originator
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Centre for Environmental Humanities
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6677-2316

Josh Ivinson
metadata author
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Centre for Environmental Humanities

metadata author
Oceans Past Initiative

John Nicholls
administrative point of contact
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Centre for Environmental Humanities
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6677-2316