Fisheries & Related Industries

BIC code: KNAF
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  • Cover scan of The Dundee Whalers
    £14.99
    The Dundee Whalers: 1750-1914 - Norman Watson - Paperback
    This is a study of what was Britain's leading whaling port. Cape Adams, Cape Milne, Artic bay and Eclipse Sound recall an era when the city's stoutly built ships, manned by heroic adventurers, discovered new routes, made new friends, but seldom sailed far from danger.
  • Cover scan of Fishing For Heritage
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    Fishing For Heritage: Modernity And Loss Along The Scottish Coast - Jane Nadel-Klein - Paperback
    Drawing upon fieldwork, novels, folk music and travel literature, Nadel-Klein explores how these influences have affected locals' sense of identity within a modern European nation.
  • Cover scan of Fishing In Old East Lothian
    £4.95
    Fishing In Old East Lothian: Cockenzie, Port Seton, Fisherrow And Prestonpans - W. M. Gibson - Paperback
    A history of fishing in old East Lothian.
  • Cover scan of The Last Wanderer
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    The Last Wanderer - Meg Henderson - Paperback
    'The Last Wanderer' tells the story of several generations of a Scottish West Coast fishing community as seen through the eyes of Rose MacEwan, daughter of a fisherman and now - against the wishes of her family - wife of a fisherman.
  • Muir Is Tìr
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    Muir Is Tìr - Seòras Chaluim Sheòrais - Paperback
    A book by the late George Macleod of Bernera, Lewis, of nautical terms, weather forecasts, sea and fishing lore and more. Illustrated.
  • Cover scan of The North Herring Fishing
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    The North Herring Fishing: Ring-Net Fishermen In The Minches - Angus Martin - Paperback
    Angus Martin presents the oral history of forays to the Minches by fishermen of Ayrshire and Kintyre. The book contains details of the skills, courage and humour of these sea-going hunters, rather than detailed descriptions of the techniques involved.
  • Cover scan of Recollections Of East Fife Fisher-Folk
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    Recollections Of East Fife Fisher-Folk - Belle Patrick - Paperback
    During the early part of the 20th century, fishing still formed one of the main industries in the famous corner of Fife. Belle Patrick spent her first 30 years in Anstruther, and in the mid-1960s wrote this memoir to put on record the fishing way of life.
  • Cover scan of Trawler
    £20.00
    Trawler: A Journey Through The North Atlantic - Redmond O'Hanlon - Hardback
    In 'Trawler', Redmond O'Hanlon describes his most dangerous journey yet - on a trawler sailing from Stromness to Greenland. Unable to fish the North Sea or Icelandic waters, captain Jason and his crew have to make ever longer and more dangerous journeys, in search of ever stranger fish.
  • Cover scan of Trawling
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    Trawling: Celebrating The Industry That Transformed Aberdeen And North-East Scotland - Raymond Anderson - Paperback
    In 1882, the first catch from a stream trawler was landed in Aberdeen. For the following 125 years, trawling has been an integral part of the fabric of life in north-east Scotland. Raymond Anderson recounts the growth, importance and social history of the industry and of the towns, villages and fishing families behind the fleet.