Voices from the Shoreline: The Ancient and Ingenious Traditions of Coastal Fishing

For generations, coastal fishermen, working at the very fringe between land and sea, have fished salmon and herring using methods passed down from father to son. Some of these ancient traditions have been traced back as far as the days when the men from Scandinavia colonised these lands in the eighth and ninth centuries; others are simply nineteenth century in origin.

Sadly, in recent years stocks have dwindled and regulations limit local fishing practices. Today, some surviving methods, suc...