Dataset

Norfish: German Herring Fishery 1520-1790

EurOBIS Oceans Past Initiative Open in mapper Explore occurrences

NorFish is a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant led by Prof Poul Holm in Trinity College Dublin, focuses on the premise that a 16th century shift in marine fish pricing and supply in conjunction with the Little Ice Age and lowering of sea temperatures not only rise to the North Atlantic Fish Revolution but also forms one of the first documented examples of the disrupting effects of globalisation and climate change. The project examines the role of the Fish Revolution for a range of inter-related aspects of North Atlantic history, with NorFish’s interdisciplinary team drawing on archaeology, history, cartography, geography, and ecology to develop interpretative frameworks that synthesise a broad spectrum of source data to assess the overall objective of the project. NorFish’s interdisciplinary team draws on archaeology, history, cartography, geography, and ecology to assess the objectives of the project.

Citation: Holm, P. and Nicholls, J. 2020. Norfish: German Herring Fishery 1520-1790. Dublin: TCD https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/497

Published: September 17, 2025 at 08:38

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=norfish_german_herring_fishery_1520-1790

271
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 233
86.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 271
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 271
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 271
100.0%
ON_LAND 271
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data