Voices from the Shoreline (eBook)

Mike Smylie (Autor)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9920-5 (ISBN)

Infos

For generations, coastal fishermen, working at the very fringe between land and sea, have fished salmon and herring using methods passed down from father to son. Some of these ancient traditions have been traced back as far as the days when the men from Scandinavia colonised these lands in the eighth and ninth centuries; others are simply nineteenth century in origin. Sadly, in recent years stocks have dwindled and regulations limit local fishing practices. Today, some surviving methods, such as haaf-netting, are in danger of dying out, whilst other traditional fisheries now lie abandoned. Though herring stocks have recovered from their late twentieth-century decline, the Atlantic salmon is now under immense threat and more danger of extinction than ever before. Tracing and describing his own journey from North Devon, through Wales and up to the top of Scotland, along with interviews with many fishermen, both retired and working, Mike Smylie explores the social history of these indigenous fishing traditions and communities, presenting a picture of their lives, past, present and future.

MIKE SMYLIE is a maritime historian who specialises in the fishing industry and has written numerous books and articles on the subject, including Thomas Summers & Co. and Voices from the Shoreline for The History Press. He is also a founder member of the 40+ Fishing Boat association, which was founded to promote and preserve British fishing traditions and vessels, and edits their thrice-yearly newsletter Fishing Boats.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2021
• Vorwort: Mark Horton
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Bildbände
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: ancient fishing • atlantis salmon • british fishing • coastal communities • coastal fish • Fishing communities • fishing history • fishing industry • fishing in england • fishing traditions • haaf netting • Herring • mark horton • Social History • The Ancient and Ingenious Traditions of Coastal Fishing • The Ancient and Ingenious Traditions of Coastal Fishing, coastal communities, fishing communities, ancient fishing, fishing industry, coastal fish, fishing history, british fishing, fishing in england, atlantis salmon, herring, social history, fishing traditions, mark horton, haaf netting
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9920-9 / 0750999209
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9920-5 / 9780750999205