Norfish: Norway Cod Fishery 1520-1791

Poul Holm; John Nicholls

doi:10.14284/541

Norfish: Norway Cod Fishery 1520-1791

Citation

Holm, P. and Nicholls, J. 2020. Norfish: Norway Cod Fishery 1520-1791. Dublin: TCD https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/541 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.

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

Norway’s engagement with cod fishing has dated back to at least the Viking Age. Cod has been an important resource and a vital source of sustenance for the local population for centuries. Based on the stable isotope analysis technique, cod bones dating back to medieval times have been recovered at sites that were populated during this time; the configuration of these bones, with heads removed, strongly infers that advanced processing involving salting and/or drying took place well before the early modern period in Norway.

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, North Sea

ANE, Norway

ANE, Norwegian Sea

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Poul Holm
originator
Roskilde University
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-3308

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