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 🐟

We'll be visiting ports in Mid-South Wales e.g., Fishguard and Aberystwyth next week (2nd-4th September). If you're from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at [email protected]🐟

Beautiful scientific illustration in a Government fisheries report, 1884 -Electric ray caught off Scotland -Herring measurements @projectfishistory.bsky.social

HERRING & POTATOES 🐟🥔 Herrings and potatoes played a vital role in the annual prosperity of coastal communities such as the Isle of Man. In the 1800's unproductive fishing seasons and harvests left the poorest with no source of food and income.

Happy #SharkAndRayAwarenessDay 🦈 To celebrate these important ocean dwellers we've selected two illustrations from William Yarrell's 'History of British Fishes', Third Edition, 1859. We have Torpedo marmorata, an electric ray and the smooth-hound, Mustelus mustelus

Thanks to NWIFCA, we've gotten our hands on some fascinating early 1900s reports from the Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries Committee 📚These reports include notes on the timing and success of the herring fishery, the condition of herring, and a district map revealing historic herring grounds!

Had a great trip to NW England last week! One highlight was our visit to Fleetwood Maritime Museum ⚓⛵ where staff and volunteers picked out a few hidden gems for us — including Close’s 1904 fishing chart of the Irish Sea, marking historic herring fishing grounds! 🗺️

Great to be in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social earlier this week chasing sources on herring 🐟 for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social Thanks @leafyhistory.bsky.social for the cross-disciplinary training in using this incredible resource! @ukri.org

Newspaper archives for marine biology research Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost

Fish folk - any idea what glassen is the old name for? @projectfishistory.bsky.social @fishtwitcher.bsky.social @greenleejw.bsky.social

Herring Knowledge Wanted! Bangor University FisHistory Project is investigating the history of the Irish Sea herring fishery so if you know anything about herring read more at www.solwayfirthpartnership.c...

Online resources are great, but sometimes it is nice to be in an actual library looking at actual books for research Marine biology using historical sources @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social

We’re visiting NW England next week (23–27 June) to talk to locals from historic herring ports 🐟 If you’re from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at [email protected]

Last week, we visited the Amgueddfa Forwrol Llyn Maritime Museum, which has an excellent exhibition on Nefyn herring 🐟, women of the sea 🙋‍♀️, and artefacts from other local fisheries 🦞. It’s a must-see if you’re in the area!

The earliest printed map specifically of Wales was Humphrey Llwyd’s 1573 Cambriae typus 🗺️ It contains an intriguing reference to fisheries in Cardigan Bay “Hic halecum captura” – Here is the catch 🐟

For @projectfishistory.bsky.social we are using archives to help identify herring spawning habitat overlooked by modern surveys

" @icesmarine.bsky.social advises that no activities on spawning habitats should be allowed" Depends on knowing the location of past/present/possible future spawning habitat-what @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social hopes to achieve @ukri.org @oceanspast.bsky.social

Wren hunting – on St Stephen’s day (26/27 December) – with sticks & stones – believed to result in good herring season 🐟🪶

Fascinating demonstration of the application of alternative data sources - poetry - in marine historical ecology - to inform conservation & management @oceanspast.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

📢 Calling all members of the fishing and seafood industry, historians, government and local experts! 🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used? 🗣️ We want to hear from you! 📩 Contact [email protected]

Dr Marian Gwyn, promoting the petition to save Bangor University Archives and Special Collections at our National Library of Wales earlier today. Please support: www.change.org/p/save-your-... Diolch! @archpbu.bsky.social

Marine historical ecology The great thing about this research is finding leads to priceless marine biological data in the most unexpected places The knowledge of historians is crucial in tracking these down! @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social

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From "kings" and "queens" to "over-day tarts" and "wine-drinkers", herring has held more titles than a Tudor monarch! 🐟 #FishFridays #Herring #OceansPast

Early 1800s, Isle of Man. The major herring fishery meant it was a good time to be a gull, but not a dog…. #Herring #FishFridays #OceansPast

#Herring & diet of the #gentry in #Wales - @alecbmmoore.bsky.social there is at least one reference to herring in Eleanor Butler's diary 1784 - probably more await discovery in diaries & household records of the #LadiesOfLlangollen @ystadaucymru.bsky.social archives.library.wales/index.php/ha...

"Poor Taff", Shon-Ap-Morgan, migrating to #London, with #leek and red #herring as indicators of Welshness #FishFriday #identity #Wales #heritage #heritage #InnSign #envhist #fish #migration #symbols #stereotype @projectfishistory.bsky.social

Extract from a 1682 book 'SALT AND SEA'. Apparently Welsh herring boats were piddling! 😂 This is a quote from an earlier 'paper' for 'parliament men', and 'fishmongers' by Captain Lloyd, Welsh gent and fisher. Does anyone know who this is? #EdwardLhuyd? #WelshHistory #OceansPast #FishFridays

And finally welcome to FisHistory @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social, a marine benthic ecologist who studies the effects of human disturbance on the benthos, and Dr Shaun Evans, the director of @ystadaucymru.bsky.social and Lecturer in Early modern and Welsh History @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Ac yn olaf, croeso i FisHistory i @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social, ecolegydd dyfnforol sy'n astudio effeithiau aflonyddwch dynol ar y benthos, ac i Dr Shaun Evans, cyfarwyddwr @ystadaucymru.bsky.social a Darlithydd mewn Hanes Modern Cynnar a Hanes Cymru @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social

Croeso i FisHistory i @georginahunt.bsky.social, myfyriwr ôl-ddoethurol pysgodfeydd gyda PhD mewn ecoleg hanesyddol forol 🐟 ac i @emilyphilly.bsky.social cynorthwyydd ymchwil pysgodfeydd gyda phrofiad ym mhysgodfeydd Cymru 🦀🦞🐚

Welcome to FisHistory @georginahunt.bsky.social, a fisheries postdoc with a PhD in marine historical ecology 🐟 and @emilyphilly.bsky.social a fisheries research assistant with experience in Welsh fisheries 🦀🦞🐚

Welcome to FisHistory @alecbmmoore.bsky.social, a marine historical ecologist, and @leafyhistory.bsky.social, an associate lecturer @openuniversity.bsky.social and the author of The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife 📘

Croeso i FisHistory i @alecbmmoore.bsky.social, ecolegydd hanesyddol morol, ac i @leafyhistory.bsky.social, darlithydd cyswllt @openuniversity.bsky.social ac awdur The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife 📘

Cyflw Cyflwyno FisHistory🐟📖project rhyngddisgyblaethol sydd â’r nod o nodi silfeydd penwaig sydd heb eu mapio ar hyn o bryd ym Môr Iwerddon, ac agweddau eraill ar fioleg penwaig, trwy gyfuno gwybodaeth leol, data gwyddonol a chofnodion hanesyddol @bangoruniversity.bsky.social Wedi'i ariannu gan UKRI

Introducing FisHistory 🐟📖 an interdisciplinary project aiming to identify currently unmapped herring spawning grounds in the Irish Sea, and other aspects of herring biology, by combining local knowledge, scientific data and historical records 📖 @bangoruniversity.bsky.social funded by UKRI