The Rise of Trawling on the Dogger Bank Grounds: the Diffusion of an Innovation

Abstract

Until the early nineteenth century, commercial fishing in the North Sea was largely based on traditional hook and line methods; by the second half of the century, trawling had become the predominant methodology. This paper describes some of the economic and technological factors, in particular the development of railway-based distribution networks, which engendered the rise of the north-east fishing industry and the adoption of fresh fish as a commodity for cheap mass consumption.

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Filed under: North Sea | Other (Nineteenth C)
Subjects include: Whaling & Fishing