Fishing

Over the post-war period the Scottish fishing industry has undergone significant changes in methodology and structure. In the main these have been in response to changing economic and biological conditions, but more recently political activity has assumed a position of overridin…

Despite being a country synonymous with fishing and having very strong maritime traditions, the clear origins and development of specialist fishing communities prior to the mechanisation era in Iceland, particularly the Vestfirðir region, remain unclear. Further to this, the det…

Numerous pre-Contact fishhooks have been recovered from the Aucilla River in northwest Florida. These specimens have provided evidence of small capture fishing methods such as hook and line fishing, primarily in the form of bone hooks. But the types of materials used as line are…