England's Sea Fisheries

by David J. Starkey

Fish and fishermen have played a fundamental role in the provision of food in England for the last 1,000 years and this work sets out to get to the heart of every aspect of England's fisheries. Fishing has always been a complex human activity. Seafood and diet, the curing and preservation of fish and its distribution, fish farming from monastic institutions to the modern hi-tech methods and aquaculture, boats and gear, catching methods, the social structures of fishing communities, the Missions to deep-sea fishermen, the development of harbors and docks, fish protection against the background of ecological collapse, and the fishermen's skills set against such a dangerous occupation - these are just some of the themes which are covered.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published February 20, 2006

About the author

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David J Starkey is a specialist in eighteenth and nineteenth-century British maritime history. His research focusses on shipping, seafaring, privateering, fisheries and marine environmental history. He works at the University of Hull where he is director of the Maritime Historical Studies Centre.

Starkey is co-president of the North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA), chairman of the British Commission for Maritime History, and a member of the History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) programme.