CALLER HERRIN’ (FILM)
Picking up on the song and fisherwomen's marketing of their wares, a film deploying documentary to encourage herring consumption
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
LOCKMAN’S VAST IMPORTANCE
John Lockman's 1750 pamphlet: the herring's importance to the National Wealth, our Naval Strength and, of course, dealing with the Highlanders
OATMEAL
The classic way with fried herring, together with recipe variations and some thoughts on just why oatmeal provides the perfect coating
RING NETTING
On the rise and demise of ring net fishing for herring, which originated in the waters of Loch Fyne and played a role in the sad development of overfishing
ULLAPOOL
The story of a herring port, built with what seemed the best of intentions, but without consideration for the fish's noted unreliability