Norfish: Norwegian/Swedish Bohuslän Herring Landings 1520–1808

Poul Holm; John Nicholls

doi:10.14284/508

Norfish: Norwegian/Swedish Bohuslän Herring Landings 1520–1808

Citation

Holm, P and Nicholls, J. 2020. Norfish: Norwegian/Swedish Bohuslän Herring Landings 1520–1808. Dublin: TCD https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/508 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

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

Today, Bohuslän is a Swedish region by the Skagerrak coast between the Oslo fjord and modern Gothenburg. In the medieval period to 1658 it was ruled by Norwegian and Danish kings. The region enjoyed a large herring fishery in the second half of the 16th century. In 1658, under the Treaty of Roskilde, Bohuslän was ceded to the Swedish kingdom. Under Swedish control, commercial herring fishing grew again in the latter half of the 18th century with several fishing communities springing up along the coast.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125464

Clupeidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

AN, North Atlantic

ANE, Norway

ANE, Sweden > station Bohuslän coastline

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

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

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

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