A taster of the @projectfishistory.bsky.social from @alecbmmoore.bsky.social, digging out some especially revealing #historical #ecological facts on #herring (never forgotten) spawning grounds in the #IrishSea. #FSBI2026

FisHistory is off to the east coast of Ireland & Northern Ireland! 📆 When? 3rd-8th August 🐟 Why? We're keen to hear stories from communities where herring fishing was once (or still is) part of life If you know someone who might be interested, or you’d like to take part, please get in touch!

Putting finishing touches to talk on @projectfishistory.bsky.social - looking forward to #FSBI Southampton @thefsbi.bsky.social

"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

Some interesting medicinal uses of herring🐟 in the mid-18th Century... @projectfishistory.bsky.social

Book announcement!! 🎉 CREATURES OF STORY AND SONG looks through Britain’s stories and poems to rediscover our lost species. It’s time to remember what people thought about wolves, lynxes, great whales, great auks, sturgeon & more when they were all still here! 🐺🦫🐳💚 @reaktionbooks.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

Miguel Clavero@chikichanka.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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...

“Plan 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 tŵr gogleddol y bont Dyddiad: cyn 1796 Most/7289

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

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... 🧚‍♀️🐍 Link below to paper (freely available): journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/EM...

Does your town (or any you know of) have HERRING🐟 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)

Fantastic visit to Cefas this week, chatting with herring experts and channeling our inner ‘Raiders of the Lost Archives’ 📖🐟 @cefasgovuk.bsky.social @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

Hopefully lots of records on herring! 🐟

Lee Raye@leafyhistory.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Archives day! What wonders await today? 😸🧾💚

Beautiful illustration by @bighippoart.bsky.social clearly demonstrating the ecological importance of herring to a variety of seabirds, fish and marine mammals, off Rockabill, Co Dublin

Webinar alert! Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved. When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT) Where: Online (Teams) Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A Interested? DM for a link to join!

Great to see this new & important paper on ecological degradation and shifting baselines in The Gulf 🐟🪸 tinyurl.com/rhyrs2y7

Picture of stone #fishweir Gored Tre-Castle, in the Menai Straits, a large fish trap thought to be medieval exposed at low tide, near #beaumaris, #isleofanglesey, #wales #fishweirs #CoastalHeritage

Back from a very successful trip to the IOM speaking with locals and visiting archives to piece together historical accounts of the herring fishery. We stumbled across these beautiful title page illustrations of marine biological station reports based on Puffin island in the late 1800s

Huge thanks to Dr Gareth Huws for a wonderful lecture yesterday evening, using the Plas Newydd & Bodrhyddan papers at @archpbu.bsky.social to explore the operation of Irish-Welsh estates. Thanks to everyone who attended in person and online. A pleasure to co-host with @historicirishho.bsky.social

We're currently visiting the Isle of Man and and hoping to speak with any active or retired herring fishers on the island 🐟Tomorrow we're diving into the @manxheritage.bsky.social archives! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

We're currently visiting the Isle of Man and and hoping to speak with any active or retired herring fishers on the island 🐟Tomorrow we're diving into the @manxheritage.bsky.social archives! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

This time last week our team were midway through an interdisciplinary research visit at the National library of Wales 📖 The marine scientists came away with a newfound appreciation for the art of deciphering handwriting! @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

New evidence in @science.org that herring🐟 spawn where they were spawned (natal homing) adds urgency to the work @projectfishistory.bsky.social is doing @sosbangor.bsky.social - identifying unmapped spawning areas using historical sources 📜 & living knowledge 🎣🗣️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Direct evidence of natal homing in an Atlantic herring metapopulation

Herring return annually to their natal spawning sites, highlighting the need for sensitive coastal management.

science.org

The book is really interesting! From my history of nature perspective there's an account of the fishes caught at Scarborough 🎣, the herrings of Yarmouth ⛵(@projectfishistory.bsky.social), and a fun description of the lions of the Tower of London 🦁 (who were sent by the Emperor of Morocco of course)!

Images of wood #fishweir wicker fence 2 meter tall on the shore #RhosonSea #ConwyCounty Borough, #Wales. Historical sources indicted used for seasonal fisheries for herring and mackerel late 19th century. 1/6 #maritimeheritage #oceandecadeheritage #coastalhistory

It was great to present about our @projectfishistory.bsky.social research at #ICESASC25 and an honour to be on the shortlist for the best presentation! What a great week! @sosbangor.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social

We're using a very wide range of sources to patch together maps of where and when herring used to spawn.

Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.

Guess where we’ve been this week! Hint: you might see a dolphin or two here 🐬 #destinationx #huntforherring #fishfriday

Where are we today?📍Hint: it’s chucking it down! #herring #destinationx 🐟