Curlew revival continues at nature reserve as 33 curlews were released in 2026 at #https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly54v48n0zoon the Isle of #Sheppey, #Kent. #Ecology #naturalheritage #coastalecology #coastsinmind www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.elmleynaturereserve.co.uk

Curlew revival continues at Elmley nature reserve in Kent

Birds from previous releases pair up and return to nest at the site on the Isle of Sheppey.

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Hokkei seems to have taken a liking to this ritual, as he depicted it in other works as well. Note that in this particular painting, he uses the name "Aoigaoka" rather than "Totoya (Fishmonger)."

Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · 4d ago

19th-century woodcut of Shinto priest performing the seaweed-gathering ritual. Offering of seaweed made on the 1st day of the first month of the lunar calendar is an offering of Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) to kami divine beings, embodiment of nature/natural forces in the world. #Coastalhistory

19th-century woodcut of Shinto priest performing the seaweed-gathering ritual. Offering of seaweed made on the 1st day of the first month of the lunar calendar is an offering of Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) to kami divine beings, embodiment of nature/natural forces in the world. #Coastalhistory

Early 20th-century picture of huge carts full of kelp (seaweed) being pulled along the shore of Portaferry in Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Traditionally used as a fertiliser, kelp was refined through improved extraction methods to produce potash and later iodine. #Coastalhistory #maritimeheritage

The modern maritime landscape the most recent and at times under reported aspects of this deep history of humans with the ocean in this area. Of which the Hern Bay pier one of the longest marine infrastructure built in the UK. #Coastalhistory #maritimeheritage #coastainmind

Cross cultural depictions of fishing from mediaeval Spain, manuscript illumination from the 13th century 'Cantigas de Alfonso X. Two small boats with ores made with caravel planking are shown as a group of Muslim moros (Moors) fisherman pull in their catch with possible cast nets. #coastalhistory

#muSEAum. Thanks for sharing @alisonfisk.bsky.social

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · last wk.

Gold octopus ornaments from Bronze Age Mycenae, some 3,500 years ago. Probably sewn onto a funerary garment or shroud. Grave IV, Grave Circle A. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 by me #Archaeology

Image of a large "V" #fishtraps at Hauteville-sur-Mer; it is a fishery, an age-old wooden fishing structure. Hauteville-sur-Mer is a commune in the Manche department in #Normandy in north-western #France. 1/5 #coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum

Pictures of basketry fish traps used by Ewe fishermen in the Banda area, Ghana, also Togo & Benin. A conical fish trap made from bamboo (pamplo ti) sticks, and pounded vine rope (adzɔ ƒoƒo). A set of traps that are fixed in place with a line to point and a left to catch fish inside. #coastalhistory

Crab pots and stone anchor from Tazones, Asturias, Northen Spain. Historically a small fishing village on the, it went down in Spanish history as the landing place of Charles V House of Habsburg (the king of Spain, the Netherlands, and Holy Roman Emperor) in 1517.

Pictures from the 1882 Brazilian Anthropological Exhibition show an ethnographic display of the Tembé people, a Tupi-Guarani indigenous group from mid-19th-century Pará. The display highlights their fishing methods, including "covo" and "jequi" traps (known as "munzuá" in Bahia). #coastalhistory

Examples of some modern traps and #fishweirs are used in rivers and sea in #Cambodia for fish, crabs and cephalopods. The use of #fishweirs & regulation has impacted both positively & negatively on the ecology and life of the people of Cambodia. 1/4 #coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum

#muSEAum. Thanks for sharing @hannahbooth.bsky.social

Hannah Booth@hannahbooth.bsky.social · 2w ago

This week's piece from me, on harbour views at the height of the North Sea herring fishery

Happy #africadayofseasandoceans celebrated annually on 25 July, celebrating beauty & critical importance of marine ecosystems. Underscoring value of Africa's aquatic resources & the need for sustainable management to support economic growth, food security & environmental health. #CoastalHistory

Images of #Yoruba #African #indigenouspeople fishermen with #fishweir #trap called #Akobi at a riverbank near #Olokemeji #Nigeria. #Olokemeji was located 170 km inland from #Lagos in an area of deep #tropicforset with small rivers and seasonal lakes. #coastalhistory #4oceans #muSEAum

Fishing for seaweed? Drawing of the harvesting of seaweed Hokkaido, Japan in 1904. Most likely depicts the harvesting of Kombu 昆布 (Kelp) from the cold water of Hokkaido and Matsushima Bay. Used in a range of applications from food to health tonics, traditionally in Japan.

An example of the fish traps from the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, coast of B.C., Canada. Its coastline bordering the Salish Sea and the Pacific has been home to indigenous peoples for 1000s of years and has several significant fish traps,weirs and clam gardens. 1/5 #coastalhistory #4oceans

The reef manta ray or En madi" in Dhivehi (Mobula alfredi), "ram feeding"the act of swimming against the tidal current with its mouth open and sieving zooplankton from the water. This particular specimen was photographed in the waters of the South Malé Atoll Maldives.

Picture of one of many Salmon Pound #fishtrap at Baker's Bay in 1887. In 1892, there were 378 pounds in Baker's Bay, on the north side #ColumbiaRiver. Fish pounds are a type of fish trap that included a leader arm, stretched perpendicular to the shore, which guided salmon in.1/3 #coastalhistory

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie #coastalhistory

Stop large corporations harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast

There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...

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Celebrating Japanese Marine Day #marineday Marine Day—海の日, Umi no Hi in Japanese—is celebrated on the 3rd Monday in July. The Island nation of Japan has drawn benefits from the ocean, with a long history that has been shaped by the ocean and its resources. 1/3 #coastalhistory

Worked necklace shells from a site in Bizkaia, Spain, dating 12,250BC. Concurrent with Azilian period (c. 12,500–10,000 years ago) was a transitional Epipaleolithic and Early Mesolithic culture in Southwestern Europe (France and Spain) (Itsasmuseum Bilbao). #coastalhistory #4oceans

Etching from 1781 of the hive of boats and ferrys of #Sheerness, on the #IsleofSheppey, drawn when William Hogarth, English painter and engraver, was embarking on a boat up the #Thames to #London. #coastsinmind #swales #coastalhistory

The smell of the land and the sea, the oily odours of a split, brined herrings, cold-smoked in the town's traditional smokehouses that made Kilkeel kippers. Kilkeel, a County Down fishing port became center of herring fishing along the east coast of the Ireland. #coastalhistory #coastalheritage

The hum of life, in the silent blue of the coral reef in the #VaavuAtoll, #Maldives. Sunlight ripples along the shallow corals of the water column as fish pass in and out of my path. #coastalhistory #4oceans

Most of the indigenous names for herring, menhaden, probably alewife, seem to mean ‘giver of life’ or ‘fertilizer’…

Learning in the blue! As an archaeologist, every time I start a project, I try to remember that, as modern as our scientific techniques are, we shouldn't abandon our traditional skills/observational methods honed over millions of years of evolution in this environment. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3

Wood (bush) fishweir at St. Croix River around 1900. Built to catch river herring (alewife/gaspereau, and blueback herring). A fishing tradition that archaeology has shown involved river herring use and consumption in Passamaquoddy villages in the St. Croix Watershed. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3

A rare example of the conservative of a fish trap from the K’ómoks First Nation a vibrant Indigenous community in the Comox Valley #VancouverIsland, #BritishColumbia #Canada. komoks.ca Pentlatch fish trap panel connects K’ómoks, Qualicum to ancestors – The Discourse. share.google/9kN4tkVwitLR...

A talk by Coasts in Mind (CIM) Mola project team cim.mola.org.uk hosted by Council for British Archaeology #archaeologyuk youtu.be/yq_97Bkkeh8?... #CoastsInMind #MOLA #maritimearchaeology #maritimehistory #MaritimeHeritage