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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

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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

Contact

@deepmapscork

www.facebook.com/deepmapscork/

www.deepmapscork.ie

rachel.murphy@ucc.ie