Dutch Herring

Poulsen, Bo: 2008 Amsterdam, hardcover 264 pages. For over two centuries, the Dutch North Sea herring fishery was the most advanced and significant fishing operation in the world, setting standards for efficiency and cooperation while profoundly influencing European food supply and economic development. Poulsen’s environmental history reveals how both natural changes and human organization shaped the rise and long-term decline of this iconic fishery, distinguishing between ecological and social factors across several centuries ISBN 9789052603049 Visserij, haringvangst