Norfish 24 Dutch North Sea Cod Fishery 1520–1810

Dutch sources distinguish between cod fishing in the North Sea and the fishing efforts off the coast of Iceland. The North Sea cod fishing effort for the Dutch was never at the scale of the Dutch herring fishery which at its peak at the beginning of the 17th century totalled nearly 80,000 metric tonnes per annum. In comparison, the Dutch North Sea cod fishery managed just over 21,000 metric tonnes at its peak in 1622. The explanation for this disparity may lie in the negotiating power of the two fleets during the Dutch Golden Age (final decade of the 16th century until the middle of the 17th c... Mehr ...