Dutch Herring : : An Environmental History, c. 1600-1860 / / Bo Poulsen, Dave Lyddon, Kurt Vandaele; ed. by Eric Venbrux.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Poulsen, Bo,; Lyddon, Dave,
• HerausgeberIn: Venbrux, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Close Encounters with the Dutch
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

In the seventeenth century, the Dutch herring fisheries in the North Sea were considered the most sophisticated and demanding fishing operation in the world. This is the first study to assess the North Sea herring and herring fisheries over the span of several centuries. It contributes to the understanding of pre-modern natural resource exploitation and the role of the natural environment in long-term development of the Dutch herring fisheries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Hypotheses and questions -- 4. Producers and Production of Salted herring -- 5. Did fisheries impact herring stocks? -- 6. Markets, Prices and Consumption. Herring trade in the North Sea and Baltic region -- 7. Cooperation and communication in the Dutch herring fisheries -- 8. Reconstructing stock fluctuations of North Sea herring, 1604-1850 -- 9. Fishing strategy and dynamics of movement, 1856-1863 -- 10. Long-term spatial distribution of fisheries, 1600-1892 -- 11. Dynamics of change and the exploitation of North Sea herring stocks -- English summary -- Dansk resume -- Bibliography