HMAP Dataset 12: North-west Scotland Fisheries

For much of the twentieth century, the fortunes of the Scottish fishing industry were closely related to those of the herring fishery. As a consequence, total fish landings increased to unprecedented levels before 1914 due to the expansion in demand for herring products in northern Europe and the introduction of steam power into the herring fleet, a technological advance that greatly improved its catching capacity. However, the collapse of the German and Russian markets during and after the First World War depressed the herring fishery and it was not until the 1950s that landings began to increase appreciably once more, a trend that continued until the late 1970s when the herring fishery was closed for four years to enable the much-depleted stock to recover.

二十世纪的大部分时段，苏格兰渔业的兴衰与鲱鱼捕捞业紧密绑定。得益于北欧地区鲱鱼制品需求的扩张，以及蒸汽动力被引入鲱鱼捕捞船队——这一技术革新极大提升了捕捞产能——1914年以前，总渔获上岸量攀升至前所未有的水平。然而，第一次世界大战期间及战后，德国与俄罗斯市场的崩溃致使鲱鱼捕捞业陷入萧条。直至20世纪50年代，渔获上岸量才再度显著回升，这一增长趋势一直延续至20世纪70年代末，彼时鲱鱼捕捞业被关停四年，以助力严重枯竭的鱼群资源完成恢复。