The development of Shetland fisheries and fishing communities.

Smith, Hance ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5520-0788 1973. The development of Shetland fisheries and fishing communities. Fricke, Peter H., ed. Seafarer and Community, Croom Helm, pp. 8-29. (10.4324/9781003453192-2)

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Abstract

This chapter analyzes the geographical factors that shape the development of fisheries and fishing communities in the Shetland Islands. At the local scale, the islands have been noted throughout history for their locally based fisheries. This balance in the use of land and sea resources has underlain the development of the fisheries and fishing communities throughout. The expansion of the haaf fishing was associated with changes in fishing technology, and in the distribution of fishing activity. The growth of the herring fishing in the 1820s was, like the cod fishing, closely associated with mercantile enterprise. From around the middle of the nineteenth century a number of factors contrived to break the long-standing links of fishing tenures and truck for goods. The landowners were turning towards agricultural improvement, whereas merchants were concentrating on advancing the fisheries. The Faroese gained much of the expertise required from Shetland, by sailing on Shetland-owned smacks and employing Shetland skippers.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	Croom Helm
ISBN:	9780856640414
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2025 10:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/158673

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