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West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
Rachel Murphy, University College Cork
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
Deep Maps: Study Area
Scientific Priorities
• I=Fisheries and Aquaculture
Pollution
Climate Change
Biodiversity/Conservation
Policy and Legislation
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Questionnaires and Workshops
• Rachel Murphy, University College Cork
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
Types of Fish
PelagicDemersal
Shellfish Crustaceans
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
Jaques Fontaine
200,000 cured herrings
200 hogsheads pressed herrings
12 tierces salmon
7,800 dried codfish
2,000 dried flukes
200 barrels pickled herrings
The Dieppe Fishermen
Vue de Dieppe, Nicolas Périgon (BNF)
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
Decline of the Pilchard Fishery
Extract from Dr. Gerard Boate, A Natural History of Ireland in Three Parts (1755)
Eighteenth Century West Cork Fisheries
Bull & Cow Rocks & part of Dursey Island, James Baily, 1814 (NLI)
Bounties
Three Fishing Smacks at Anchor, James Henry Brocas, ca. 1790-1846 (NLI)
Fishermen from Kinsale and Overseas
Charles Fort & part of Kingsale Harbour, Austin Cooper, 1794 (NLI)
Other Issues
Detail from French Map of Coast from Clonakilty to SchullCa. C17-C18th (BNF)
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
Fishery Board: Bounties for White Fish
Source: William Jardine, The Naturalist’s Library: Ichthyology (1852)
Fishery Act, 1842
Source: Wallop Brabazon, The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland (1848)
The Devon Commission
George Victor du Noyer, Dumannack House and Gorteenroe House (1854)
The Famine
Mullins’ Hut at Schull, Illustrated London News, February 20, 1847
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
Overfishing
Map Showing Fishing RestrictionsBantry Estate Collection, UCC
Foreign Fishing Boats
• Rachel Murphy, University College Cork
Goodbye! Off to SkibbereenStanhope Forbes (1901)
Baltimore School
• Rachel Murphy, University College Cork
Netmaking, Baltimore School (Lawrence Collection, NLI)
Contents
• Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures
• West Cork Fisheries, 1700-1920
– 1700-1750
– 1750-1800
– 1800-1850
– 1850-1920
• Conclusion: Linking Past to Present
