Bøker av Mike Smylie

Mike Smylie looks at the effects of herring on the people who caught them, the unique ways of life, the superstition of the fisher folk, their boats and the communities who lived for the silver darlings.

Gives a general overview of commercial fisheries, including British landings.

The first history of a well-known and prolific Scottish boatbuilder

An important record of ancient fishing traditions along Britain's coastal fringes, now rapidly dying out

The first history of a well-known and prolific Scottish boatbuilder

The history of fishing boats

For centuries Britain's commercial fishermen have ventured out into the ravages of the surrounding seas to bring fish back both to supply a home market and for export around the world. Today, commercial fishing remains one of the most perilous occupations and still claims the lives of fishermen each year, leaving their families behind.

The definitive volume on Britains traditional fishing boats, by the author of Herring: A History of the Silver Darlings. The Coasts of Britain and Ireland are surrounded by some of the most tempestuous waters in the world and are among the most diverse too. For centuries, the inhabitants of these isles have harvested the rich bounty that lay just offshore. As a result of the diverse nature of the coast, each area of the UK and Ireland has developed its own unique fishing craft, ideally suited to its own local environment. Mike Smylie examines the roots and development of each native design. Many illustrations, drawings and diagrams portray the boats in their halcyon days. Mike Smylie introduces us to the background of the once great fishing fleets that sailed British waters and looks at the catches and markets for fish, before setting round the coast describing each fishing boat design, introducing them to the reader, explaining how each design suited its local environment, as well as telling us the story of the fishing industry in each locality.

The history of fishing around the Bristol Channel

Fishing around Morecambe Bay

Tracing the history of Cornwall's fishing boats from the earliest days to the present

An account of the Lochfyne skiff

A fascinating history of the fishing industry and its craft on the European coastline