Combining historical, local & scientific knowledge on herring:
β’ Spawning grounds
β’ Long-term change
β’ Importance
Cyfuno gwybodaeth hanesyddol, lleol a gwyddonol am benwaig:
β’ Silfeydd
β’ Newidiadau tymor hir
β’ Pwysigrwydd
@BangorUniversity
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Hopefully lots of records on herring! π
Fantastic visit to Cefas this week, chatting with herring experts and channeling our inner βRaiders of the Lost Archivesβ ππ
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social
I have a new paper out today in EARLY MODERN LITERARY STUDIES! In this one I talk about Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Here's a quick thread with some of my thoughts... π§ββοΈπ
Link below to paper (freely available):
journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/EM...
βPlan of the river at Conway in the county of Caernarvon"
Map yn dangos Conwy cyn i pont crog Thomas Telford chael ei hadeiladu. Ar y map gallwch weld ynys 'Claimed by Sir Roger Mostyn Bart.' lle adeiladwyd tΕ΅r gogleddol y bont
Dyddiad: cyn 1796 Most/7289
"Like any island there was always fishermen..."
Resilient by #Nature - Stories of Self-reliance and Sustainability on #Rathlin Island.
#oralhistory #envhist #AHRC
@projectfishistory.bsky.social
Book announcement!! π
CREATURES OF STORY AND SONG looks through Britainβs stories and poems to rediscover our lost species.
Itβs time to remember what people thought about wolves, lynxes, great whales, great auks, sturgeon & more when they were all still here! πΊπ¦«π³π @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Some interesting medicinal uses of herringπ in the mid-18th Century...
@projectfishistory.bsky.social
Does your town (or any you know of) have HERRINGπ in their coat of arms/flag? Please reply tagging in @projectfishistory.bsky.social if so! @thefsbi.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social
Ceredigion County (Wales)
Great Yarmouth (England)
Nefyn (Wales)
Scheveningen (NL)
Very exciting preliminary findings at today's half-way meeting for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social
Thanks to the team for great contributions! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social
Really interesting study using royal hunting records to document diversity & abundance of mammals & birds in C18th Spain, with insights into historical decline of e.g. lynx @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social
Project FisHistory
Project FisHistory
Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives
Catherine Duigan
Alec BM Moore
Alec BM Moore
Alec BM Moore
Alec BM Moore
Archives day! What wonders await today? πΈπ§Ύπ
This is King Ferdinand VI of Spain
Besides ruling one of the largest empires on Earth or attempting a full genocide on Spanish gipsy people, he hunted. A lot. And recorded the killings
OA PAPER Building historical biodiversity databases from royal hunts
Thread below
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
