HMAP Dataset 20: Limfjord Catch Data, 1890-1925

The research investigates why the Danish government passed legislation in 1923 and 1925 which permitted the use of motor-driven winches for pulling seines on board in the Limfjord. To address this question, catches of the four main commercial species in the fjord - eel, plaice, cod, and herring – are analysed for the 1890-1925 period, for which a welter of statistical data are available. The subject is approached from the perspective of marine environmental history; that is, the interaction of nature and human endeavour is the main focus of the research.