HERRING INDUSTRY BOARD
A child of Ramsay MacDonald’s National Government, the Herring Industry Board was shaped by his Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries the Scottish Unionist Walter Elliot, MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove. The... Read More
ICELANDIC FISHERY
A brief history of the brief history of The Herring Adventure, in which our hero transforms an economy and emancipates womankind
MUIR, JIM (HERRING INTERVIEW, ACHILTIBUIE)
An interview from 2005 with Jim Muir, who lived on the Coigach Penisula, near Achilitbuie and had been a herring fisherman
PURSE SEINING
The development, efficiencies and impacts of the purse seine net for herring fishing (other fish, of course, also apply)
QUOTAS
A brief history of overfishing, recent attempts at controlling it, together with thoughts on stock conservation and capitalism