Norfish: Faroes cod fishery, 1520-1807

Poul Holm; John Nicholls; Zhen Yang

doi:10.14284/507

Norfish: Faroes cod fishery, 1520-1807

Citation

Holm, P., Nicholls, J. and Yang, Z. 2019. Norfish: Faroe Islands Cod Landings 1520-1807. Dublin: TCD https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/507 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-05.

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

The Faroese data provide a hitherto vacant assessment of the state of fishing and fisheries in the late medieval and early modern period for this small but important and indicative industry. While expert opinions and assessments abound, the lacuna of actual contiguous data for the period can now be filled to an extent where factual, quantitative analysis may be carried out.

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 East Atlantic > station Faroese Shelf and surrounding waters

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

Zhen Yang
originator
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Centre for Environmental Humanities

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