BRITISH FISHERY
An account of early underachievement, overdue triumph and eventual decline in both England and Scotland, featuring kings, economists and fishermen
BUSS
On the large vessels developed by the Dutch for voyages to the fishing grounds off Scotland and England and for on board gutting and salting
DRIFT OR GILL NETTING
On the nets used by drifters in a largely abandoned, but sustainable method of catching herring now developed unsustainably elsewhere
DUTCH GRAND FISHERY
The rise and fall of the 'Groote Visserye', its role in the Dutch War of Independence and in various wars with England and Scotland
SMITH, ADAM: WEALTH OF NATIONS
In which we explore the curious errors and omissions in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations herring thinking
VENTJAGER
How they got the good new herring from somewhere off the coast of Scotland to wealthy Dutch burghers fresh from a hard day of being painted by Rembrandt