Fisheries for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

Fishing: people smoking herrings and sardines; pots and nets for trapping them. Etching, ca.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Herring tales : how the silver darlings shaped human taste and history / Donald S. Murray ; illustrations by Douglas Robertson.

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Atlantic herring fisheries

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Images about Atlantic herring fisheries

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Fishing: people smoking herrings and sardines; pots and nets for trapping them. Etching, ca.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Herring tales : how the silver darlings shaped human taste and history / Donald S. Murray ; illustrations by Douglas Robertson.