Georgina Hunt

A colour photograph of an invitation card to the celebration dinner for the opening of the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth. The invitation is addressed to W. Garstang

#OTD in 1868 Walter Garstang was born. During his time @thembauk.bsky.social Garstang focused on investigating North Sea fisheries. He was involved with the establishment of a fisheries laboratory at Lowestoft, which has since become @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
📸 MBA Archive ref PGA1.2

Very exciting preliminary findings at today's half-way meeting for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social

Thanks to the team for great contributions! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social

Fantastic visit to Cefas this week, chatting with herring experts and channeling our inner ‘Raiders of the Lost Archives’ 📖🐟

@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

📢New paper!

🐟📚Using fish stomach contents spanning over a century, we reveal long-term diet shifts (from larger bivalves to smaller opportunistic prey) in demersal fish species in the western North Sea.

🔗 Open access in Fish & Fisheries: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Century‐Scale Changes in the Feeding Patterns of Demersal Fish Species in the Western North Sea Understanding the extent and magnitude of change in marine food webs requires historical data that predates modern monitoring efforts. Such information can provide invaluable insights into the longer...

See our latest @newcastleuni.bsky.social and Cefas paper by @georginahunt.bsky.social investigating long-term changes in the feeding of fish species in the North Sea. Plaice, dab and haddock exhibited marked dietary shifts throughout the early 20th century onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Join our webinar this Friday at 10 am (GMT) to learn more about the FisHistory project. DM for a link to join 🐟

Back from a very successful trip to the IOM speaking with locals and visiting archives to piece together historical accounts of the herring fishery. We stumbled across these beautiful title page illustrations of marine biological station reports based on Puffin island in the late 1800s

We're currently visiting the Isle of Man and and hoping to speak with any active or retired herring fishers on the island 🐟Tomorrow we're diving into the @manxheritage.bsky.social archives! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

And thanks to a great project team! @alecbmmoore.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social and Shaun Evans

It was great to present at #ICESASC25 as part of the PREDICT project, where we linked oceanographic fronts with pelagic fish movements in the North Sea! @icesmarine.bsky.social @bescott-abdn.bsky.social

It was great to present about our @projectfishistory.bsky.social research at #ICESASC25 and an honour to be on the shortlist for the best presentation! What a great week! @sosbangor.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social

Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.

We’re visiting NW England next week (23–27 June) to talk to locals from historic herring ports 🐟 If you’re from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at fishistory@bangor.ac.uk

HERRING KNOWLEDGE WANTED Project aims We aim to identify herring spawning grounds in the Irish Sea by incorporating historical sources (e.g., old newspapers and fisheries reports), local knowledge and modern data (e.g., seabed sediment maps). Information needed • Where were herring caught locally? • When in the year did herring arrive? • Where did herring spawn? • How were herring used locally? We need YOUR help! We are seeking anyone with local knowledge on herring, past & present. • Fishing industry- active & retired • Sea anglers • Fish trade/seafood industry • Historians- local & maritime • Government agencies & NGOs Area of interest: Irish Sea Can you offer any information? Or know someone that might? Contact email address: fishistory@bangor.ac.uk bluesky: projectfishistory

CHWILIO AM WYBODAETH AM BENWAIG Amcanion y project Ein nod yw nodi mannau silio penwaig ym Môr Iwerddon drwy ymgorffori ffynonellau hanesyddol (e.e. hen bapurau newydd ac adroddiadau pysgodfeydd), gwybodaeth leol a data modern (e.e. mapiau’n nodi gwaddod gwely'r môr). Y wybodaeth sydd ei hangen • Ble yn lleol y daliwyd y penwaig? • Pryd yn ystod y flwyddyn y cyrhaeddodd y penwaig? • Ble wnaeth y penwaig silio? • Sut oedd y penwaig yn cael eu defnyddio'n lleol? Mae arnom angen eich help CHI! Rydym yn chwilio am unrhyw un sydd â gwybodaeth leol am benwaig, yn y gorffennol a’r presennol. • Y diwydiant pysgota - p’un a ydych yn rhan ohono ar hyn o bryd neu wedi ymddeol • Pysgotwyr môr • Y fasnach bysgod/diwydiant bwyd môr • Haneswyr - lleol a morwrol • Asiantaethau’r llywodraeth a chyrff anllywodraethol Maes diddordeb: Môr Iwerddon Allwch chi gynnig unrhyw wybodaeth? Neu'n adnabod rhywun a allai? Cyswllt fishistory@bangor.ac.uk projectfishistory

📢 Calling all members of the fishing and seafood industry, historians, government and local experts!

🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used?

🗣️ We want to hear from you!
📩 Contact fishistory@bangor.ac.uk

Great to be part of this exciting project!