Traditional Fishing Boats of Britain & Ireland
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Traditional Fishing Boats of Britain & Ireland

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eBook - ePub

Traditional Fishing Boats of Britain & Ireland

About this book

The definitive volume on Britains traditional fishing boats, by the author of Herring: A History of the Silver Darlings. The Coasts of Britain and Ireland are surrounded by some of the most tempestuous waters in the world and are among the most diverse too. For centuries, the inhabitants of these isles have harvested the rich bounty that lay just offshore. As a result of the diverse nature of the coast, each area of the UK and Ireland has developed its own unique fishing craft, ideally suited to its own local environment. Mike Smylie examines the roots and development of each native design. Many illustrations, drawings and diagrams portray the boats in their halcyon days. Mike Smylie introduces us to the background of the once great fishing fleets that sailed British waters and looks at the catches and markets for fish, before setting round the coast describing each fishing boat design, introducing them to the reader, explaining how each design suited its local environment, as well as telling us the story of the fishing industry in each locality.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Foreword by Robert Simper
  5. Preface to the Second Edition
  6. 1 - The History of the Herring ­ Clupea harengus
  7. 2 - Early Fishing Boats
  8. 3 - The East Coast of Scotland: Berwick-upon-Tweed to Duncansby Head
  9. 4 - The Northern Isles: Shetland & Orkney
  10. 5 - West Coast of Scotland: John O’Groats to the Solway Firth, including the Western Isles
  11. 6 - Ireland: The Emerald Coast
  12. 7 - The Isle of Man: Manxland
  13. 8 - The North West of England: The Solway Firth to the River Dee
  14. 9 - The Welsh Coast
  15. 10 - The Somerset and North Devon Coasts
  16. 11 - The Cornish Coast: Bude to the River Tamar
  17. 12 - South Devon and Dorset Coast: Plymouth Sound to Portland Bill
  18. 13 - East Dorset and Hampshire Coast: Portland Bill to Selsey Bill
  19. 14 - Sussex and South Kent Coast: Selsey Bill to North Foreland
  20. 15 - The Thames Estuary: North Foreland to the River Stour
  21. 16 - East Anglia: River Orwell to River Humber
  22. 17 - North East England: The Coble Coast
  23. 18 - The New Age of Steam and Motor Power
  24. Picture Section
  25. Appendix - 1
  26. Appendix - 2
  27. Bibliography