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The Collapse of the Atlanto-Scandian Herring Fishery: Effects on the Icelandic Economy

Creator:

Sigurdsson, Thorir

Abstract:

After 1950 traditional herring fisheries were revolutionized by a new technique: sonar, power block, larger nets and bigger boats. As a result all major herring stocks in the North East Atlantic Ocean collapsed. The most dramatic decline was that of the Atlanto-Scandian stock between Iceland and Norway from millions of...

Resource Type:

Research Paper

Full Text:

Portsmouth Proceedings 1 THE COLLAPSE OF THE ATLANTO-SCANDIAN HERRING FISHERY: EFFECTS ON THE