Images of a V-shaped fish trap from Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro, Wales. Fishguard is believed to have a Norse-derived name, Fiskigardr,“fish enclosure,”. 470 feet of the trap wall remain, the rest being destroyed by the 1900 rail line construction. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

The use and rental of the right to use this technique created huge social costs in fishing communities in Ireland and the wider British Isles, as historically dependent fishing communities were sometimes usurped and literally fished out of existence. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

The leader net guides the #salmon into "pockets" along its length. As the tide ebbs, the pockets are emptied, ensuring the fish are caught "fresh off the tide". Traditionally, traps were static and highly regulated by their owners and the local communities who fish them.
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“Stake net” fishing is an ancient mobile method that uses a series of stakes to moor a leader net to the seabed. It's a mobile fish trap used for 100s of years, with its heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries in Scotland and Ireland.
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As the first steps of the Industrial Revolution took hold across England, other industries had already taken hold along the Atlantic coast. It was a laborious process that turned kelp into essential base chemicals, potash & lime, and was based along North Atlantic coast. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

Human net of communities fishing in Wer warat of the #MalukuIslands, #Indonesia. A traditional fishing method involving a long rope bound with coconut leaves, used to enclose fish at low tide and let the whole community spear and net them.
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The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. 1991 by 🧑‍🎨 Damien Hirsts. #muSEAum

A fitting icon for Mesopotamian mythological fish-human Oannes, an Apkallu, or wise one, passing on antediluvian knowledge of culture and civilisation, teach humankind how to cultivate the soil, and offer sacrifice to the gods. #Assyrian #nimrud #iraq #coastalhistory #muSEAum

During this period, seaweeds Laminaria was burned in stone pits to produce ash rich in soda, potash, & later iodine. Seaweed utilisation by coastal communities in the Atlantic dates back to antiquity, being used as a food source, animal feed and also agricultural resource. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

Kelp & wrack on the seashore? Nature's chemical storehouse & humans' chemical factory! B&W picture from Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland, 1900, showing seaweed such as Laminaria being collected and burnt in a stone kiln to produce soda, potash, Barilla and, later iodine. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

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#muSEAum. One of my favourite books in 2025 was all about STeller's Sea Cow: "Beasts of the Sea" by Iida Turpeinen

Drawing of fish smoking in Kamchatka, Russia, 18th Century. This drawing comes from an 18th-century travel book, shows the Indigenous peoples #Itelmen, also called #Kamchadal, found in the #Arctic #Kamchatka Peninsula. It shows the process of butchering and smoking salmon. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

In the case of the ‘Lady Annesley’s traps’ a stone #fishweir located at Newcastle Beach. The beach, has a very gentle slope and an extensive intertidal zone of of almost 400 metres at average low tide, making it an ideal location for building intertidal structures. 2/2 #coastalhistory #muSEAum

Stone #fishweirs on the shore of Newcastle Beach Co. Down Northern Ireland/UK. The construction of stone fish weirs in the intertidal zone gives us a window into the knowledge and experience local fishing communities must have gathered over the ages. 1/2 #coastalhistory #muSEAum

From the salty sea to up in smoke! 18th century illustration of the smoking of #sardines/#herring in#France. A method of conserving protein, especially fish, that has been part of the human repertoire since the Palaeolithic and, in some respects, hasn't changed in ages. #coastalhistory #muSEAum

Picture of a Thames wooden fish trap(7th to 8th century AD) at Isleworth in the London Borough of Hounslow faces downstream; Chelsea is facing upstream. Structurally, the traps appear to be part of a headwear and an ebb catch fish going up and down with the tides. #coastalhistory #muSEAum #fishtrap

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By integrating insights from both disciplines, we gain a holistic understanding of how human societies interact with and impact their natural environments, equipping us to address the complex social and ecological issues that shape our planet’s future.

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