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O. E. Sette and the birth of fisheries oceanography
We have just been having the best time, rooting around and finding out all kinds of interesting stuff! It all started with our old friend, Dr. Ellen Pikitch, won this year’s Oscar E. Sette award for Outstanding Marine Fishery … Continue reading
Posted in Albacore tuna, California sardines, fisheries science, History of Science, History of Technology, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, William F. Thompson, World History
Tagged Carmel Finley, Ellen K. Pikitch, fisheries oceangraphy, Fisheries Science, Hugh M. Smith, Pacific Fishery History Project, Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investigations
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Captain George Moskovita Memoir to be republished by OSU Press
We are extremely pleased (thrilled, actually!) to announce that Oregon State University Press is going to republish Living off the Pacific Ocean Floor, the memoir by pioneer Astoria trawler, Captain George Moskovita. We are big fans of George, and grateful … Continue reading
Posted in Carmel Finley, Columbia River Packers Association, Environmental History, fisheries science, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Marine Policy, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Oregon pilchards, Pacific Fishing History Project, Rosefish, World History
Tagged Astoria, Carmel Finley, Fisheries Science, George Yost Harry III, groundfish, Jergen Westrheim, Pacific Fishery History Project, pilchards, rosefish, Sebastes rockfish
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LBJ and FPC
One of the nice things about being a historian is that you get to gad around and go interesting places, like Austin, Texas, which happens to be the home of the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library. The library, you will … Continue reading
Posted in Cold War, Environmental History, Fisherie subsidies, Fisheries policy, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Marine Policy, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, Soviet fishing, Soviet history', World History
Tagged Bob Hitz, Carmel Finley, Fish Protein Concentrate, groundfish, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, Pacific Fishery History Project, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, trawling
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,800 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading
Overlooking king crab
We must say we have really overlooked the importance of king crab in the development of fisheries in the North Pacific. The development of crab canning vessels, first by the Japanese, and then by Soviets, were significant developments in … Continue reading
Posted in boat building, fisheries science, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Japanese fishing, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fishing History Project, Soviet environmental history, Soviet fishing, Soviet history', World History
Tagged Bering Sea, Bob Hitz, canned crab, Carmel Finley, Fisheries Science, groundfish, Japanese crab, king crab, Pacific Fishery History Project, Robert S. Otto
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Our 90th post! What’s next?
We are extremely pleased that Bob Hitz has taken the time to organize the blog a bit, by compiling a list of all my posts (you can find a list of Bob’s posts here). For some time now, we’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental History, Fisheries policy, fisheries science, Fishing, History of Science, Marine Policy, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Oregon pilchards, Overfishing, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fishing History Project, R/V John N. Cobb, Soviet environmental history, Soviet fishing, Soviet history'
Tagged Bob Hitz, California sardines, Carmel Finley, environment, Fisheries Science, groundfish, History of Science, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fisherman, Pacific Fishery History Project, Pacific Ocean Perch, rosefish, trawling
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The M/V Washington goes to Korea, December, 1949
Writing history is a lot like doing a massive jigsaw puzzle, only most of the pieces are missing. We sometimes wonder why we bother, but occasionally we’re able to fit a couple of pieces together and that is always very … Continue reading
Posted in boat building, Cold War, Environmental History, Exploratory Fishing Base, fisheries science, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Japanese fishing, Maritime History, Nick Bez, Ocean fishing, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fishing History Project, R/V John N. Cobb
Tagged Bering Sea, Carmel Finley, Fisheries Science, groundfish, Pacific Fishery History Project, science, trawling
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Sailing for Salmon
We am a total sucker for these kinds of pictures. Eerie, evocative, beautifully composed, we love looking at them. Then we start to think how cold and uncomfortable it must have been, perhaps raining, certainly windy, probably damp or downright … Continue reading
Posted in Carmel Finley, Environmental History, fisheries science, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, Resources About Fishing, World History
Tagged Bering Sea, Carmel Finley, Pacific Fishery History Project, salmon
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We’re re-organizing…
The Pacific Fishery History page is re-organizing. Check back to see how we’re doing.
My Research Cruise with Dr. Sidney Holt
The highlight of the 2009 summer was undoubtedly the 12th annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries History Association in Norfolk, Va., during August. http://www.hull.ac.uk/nafha/ Being able to talk with several dozen people who are interested in fisheries history was … Continue reading