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Fisheries, Science and Regulations in the North Atlantic in the 19th and 20th Century
Bergen 19 - 21 September 2007
Organisers: North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA), Museum Vest and the Department of History, University of Bergen, Norway.
We are delighted to inform you that the 11th North Atlantic Fisheries Association (NAFHA) conference will be held in Bergen, Norway 19-21 September 2007. The conference will be organised by NAFHA in cooperation with Museum Vest and the Department of History, University of Bergen.
The main topic of the conference is "Fisheries, science and regulations in the 19th and 20th century". We have attracted papers focussing on a broad range of issues regarding the relationship between fisheries and science and reflecting different experiences in both time and space. (Please see the programme below.
Bergen is situated on the Western coast of Norway, and is commonly referred to as the gateway to the fjords. It is assumed that King Olav Kyrre founded Bergen in 1070. Bergen was subsequently made capital of Norway - a position it held until 1624. Bergen's position was closely related to its strategic importance as a trading port, especially for staple product such as fish and grain. During several hundred years, the Hanseatic League played an important role in the Norwegian export of stock fish, cod liver oil and other fish products, and the import of grain salt, wine etc. Shipping was Bergen's most important industry from 1600 to 1980. In fact, Bergen was the largest fish exporting port in Europe until the 1950s. During the last decades, local economy has increasingly been dominated by oil and gas related industries. Bergen is also a highly popular destination for tourists, and nearly 200,000 cruise passengers visit the city between May and September.
The conference will be held at the Hotel Admiral on the inner harbour of Bergen, where you will be able to look over on to the old trading places for the fisheries - namely the now World Heritage site of Bryggen.
Registration
Registration for the conference can be done until 1st July by sending us an e-mail at:
Arstein.Svihus@hi.uib.no or Bjorn@museumvest.no
Please let us now if you would like us to arrange accommodation for you. We will order the rooms at the Hotel Admiral, where we have arranged a special conference room rate of 850,- NOK per night.
Preliminarily program for the 11th North Atlantic Fisheries History Conference:
Fisheries, Science and Regulations in the North Atlantic in the 19th and 20th Century
Bergen 19 - 21 September 2007
Organisers: North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA), Museum Vest and the Department of History, University of Bergen, Norway.
Program
Tuesday September 18th
19:00 - 21:00: Registration at Hotel Admiral
20:30: Welcome speech by Anders Haaland, NAFHA/Museum Vest
Wednesday September 19th
08:30 - 09:15: Opening lecture/Key note speech by Helen M. Rozwadowski, University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Science and the Creation of Fisheries Regulations.
09:15 - 12:00: Session 1: Scientific marine research in the early phase
Canada
Peter E. Pope, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland
Fisheries Science and Fisheries Regulation in the North Atlantic, 1640-1832: the Instructive Case of Newfoundland's Petit Nord.
USA
Matthew McKenzie, University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Science and the Political Economy of an Industrialized Fishery: An Ecosystem-Based Study of the 19th Century Southern New England Inshore Fishery.
10:15 - 10:30: Coffee
The Netherlands
Jeroen ter Brugge, Maritime Museum Rotterdam
Controlling the Dutch anchovies fisheries; research and regulations in the 19th and 20th century.
England
Robb Robinson, Hull University
The Work of the Board of British Fisheries in England 1809-1850.
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch.
13:00 - 17:00: Session 1 continues:
Scientific international relations
Julia Lajus, European University at St. Petersburg
Fisheries Science across Borders: the 19th Century Fisheries Exhibitions and Congresses as Places of Informational Exchange.
Norway/Canada
Vera Schwach, NIFU STEP, Oslo
Bergen 1900 -1914, an Early School in Marine Science - Johan Hjort and Natural Fluctuations.
14:10 - 14:25: Coffee
Jennifer Hubbard, Ryerson University, Toronto
Norwegian Influences on Canadian Fisheries Science and Fisheries Management: Johan Hjort and the Canadian Fisheries Expedition of 1914 -1915.
Portugal
Inês Amorim, University of Porto
The Marine Zoology: from the Middle of 19th Century to
the End of 19th Century in Portugal
Piers Crocker, Norwegian Canning Museum, Stavanger
Brisling Sardines, Kippered Herring and Fishballs: Activity at the Norwegian Research Laboratory for the Canning Industry 1931 -1935.
17:00 - 18:00: Afternoon excursion with the funicular to the mountain Fløyen, which has supreme views over Bergen and it's surrounding islands.
19:30: Dinner
Thursday September 20th
08:30 - 12:00: Session 2: Science and Regulations after 1945.
Canada
Sean Cadigan, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Science, Markets, and Popular Culture in Fisheries Management: The Experience of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s -1990s.
USA and Great Britain
Colin J. Davis, University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: A Transnational Comparison of Fishery Regulation in the USA and GB 1960-1974.
10:00 - 10:15: Coffee
Norway
Nils Kolle, University of Bergen
Science's Role in Establishing a New Fishery Regime 1957 -1977.
Australia and Europe
Anthony J. Harrison, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
The 'New Science' of Stock Assessment and the Regulation of Australian Fisheries 1955-1975.
12:30 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 15:00: Session 2 continues:
Portugal
Álvaro Garrido, Universidade de Coimbra
Re-making the Portuguese 'Costal State'. The Impacts of the Law of the Sea in the cod fishing industry fall (1958 -1977).
GLOMAR
Ingo Heidbrink, German Maritime Museum - Bremerhaven & University of Bremen
Presentation of GLOMAR (Global Change in the Marine Realm).
Fisheries at the scientific boundary between science and humanities. New approaches towards a multidisciplinary view of historical fishing activities - Bremen international Graduate School for Marine Sciences (GLOMAR).
North Atlantic in general
Katharina Jantzen, Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences: GLOMAR/ German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven
Co-Management in the North Atlantic Fisheries after the 200-nautical-mile Fishing Zone Declaration in 1977.
15:00 - 17:30: A visit to Institute of Marine Research.
20:00 - NAFHA-dinner (conference dinner).
Friday September 21st
09:00 - 11:30: Session 3: Open session.
Guðmundur Jónsson, University of Iceland
Fishing nations in crisis: The Responses of the Icelandic and Norwegian Fisheries to the Great Depression of the 1930s
Ole Sparenberg, Georgia-Augusta-University Göttingen
Limits to Growth in the Expansion of 1930s German Fishery.
10:00 - 1010: Coffee.
Bjørn-Petter Finstad, ISAM, Norwegian College of Fishery Science
The Management of the Norwegian Sealing Industry - An Example of corporatism?
Dag Hundstad, University of Bergen
Coastal Adaptations and Coastal Cultural Heritage in Norway - a Comparative Perspective.
Dominique Confolent: The Technological Revolution and Deep-Sea Fishing in France at the beginning of the 20th Century.
12:00 - 13:00: Anders Haaland, Norwegian Fisheries Museum
Bergen as a Staple Port in European Fish Trade. Combined excursion and lecture.
13:00 - 14:30: Lunch at the Hanseatic assembly hall 'Schøtstuene'.
14:30 - 15:30: NAFHA-General Assembly.
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