Monday, June 7, 2021

Fishing, River restoration, Seafood, Roman Fish Sauce (Garum) talks

World Ocean Day is June 8. As some may have noticed, a few of my monthly search terms involve fish, oysters and river restoration measures like old mill dam removal and removing weirs. This month there are 12 talks, including a virtual international Fish Passage Conference, archival films of Scottish fishing communities, environmental, and women herring packers travel around Scotland. Past taped talks include shrimpers, oysters, shad, and salmon.

TAPED TALKS

Eels of History. “medieval eel economy of St Albans and beyond. … the cultural history of eels in England from the tenth to the seventeenth centuries.” Dr. John Wyatt Greenlee. Ver Valley Society. Feb 22, 2022 TAPE HERE. The Eels of History. Dead Fish Stories. website HERE

Sharp Tongues and Sharp Knives’ The Herring Lassies. Donna Heddle. Article and hour tape Dec 10 2020 TAPE HERE or HERE

Herring info - Johnston Collection photos 1863-1975 online HERE The Wick Society oral history (284 recordings) HERE

AM Grimsby Kasbah – buildings, smokehouses and ice factory along the dock of Grimsby, once the world’s largest fishing port, produced smoked fish. Edible England. Se 18 2021 HERE . 10-30 min. TAPES Kabash tour HERE Memories and photos HERE Chef does smoked salmon and haddock recipes HERE

Smokehouse at Grimsby. 100 yr old Alfred Enderby Smokehouse with tar buildup in brick smoke rooms, tall brick chimneys does traditional cold smoking fish overnight, and now a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). 10-30 min. TAPES tour HERE interview HERE

Ice factory at Grimsby. "UK’s last surviving example of industrial-scale ice-making, with its equipment still in situ. In fact, it was the biggest of its kind in the world." 10-30 min. TAPES tour HERE last Cooper HERE Interviews "people who are former Ice Factory employees, who used the Ice that was made in the Factory, or who remember the Docks in their heyday." HERE

Shrimpers. Shrimp Tales: Small Bites of History. author Beverly Bowers Jennings. Story & Song Bookstore Bistro Apr 2021 TAPE HERE

Oystering in Norwalk, Connecticut A Photographic Collection. author and photographer Bill Whitbeck. Norwalk Historical Society Mar 5 2021 TAPE HERE

Oyster Wars. Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars. author Jamie L. Goodall. George Washington's Mount Vernon. Jun 23 2020 TAPES HERE

Oyster Restoration in the UK: Restoring a forgotten ecosystem. Celine Gamble. London Natural History Society Jl 22 2021 HERE TAPE HERE

Jul 21 Wed 2:30-4 From Tide to Table: The archaeology of oysters. “from Roman and medieval sites in Leicester and Coventry and will show how shells from inland sites can be used to investigate oyster exploitation and farming, trade links to the coast and changing patterns of consumption through time.” William Johnson. University of Leicester Archaeological Services HERE TAPE HERE

The Nation's Founding Fish [Shad] Returns to America's Historic Small Watershed [Brandywine River]. Dr. Gerald Kauffman. Athenaeum of Philadelphia Dec 8 2020HERE TAPE HERE

Restoring our Rivers – Removing Barriers to Fish Migration. “how these weirs, locks and other infrastructure affect fish migration along the River Severn - and what could happen if they were removed.” Barbel fish. Dr Catherine Gutmann Roberts. Bournemouth University UK Mar 2 2021HERE TAPES HERE [River Severn also Mar 18]

Hidden Journeys within our Rivers “fascinating biology behind migration and the challenges” such as mid 18th century weirs disrupt twaite shad from going upstream to spawn in the River Severn. Dr. Catherine Gutmann Roberts, Pete Davies. Unlocking the Severn series UK Mar 18 2021 HERE website HERE TAPE HERE

Restoring Wild Salmon Populations. Rivers and Rewilding. The Atlantic Salmon Trust May 24 2021 HERE TAPE HERE The Atlantic Salmon Trust HERE

Fishing for Films in the Moving Image Archive. “from the late 1800s to the 1960s… thriving fishing communities of the past, showing how people worked and lived.” National Library of Scotland Je 18 2021 HERE TAPE HERE

Fish of the Peninsula and the South Bay Watersheds. “where these fish live, where they used to live, and why many of their populations have sadly deteriorated due to historical and current-day environmental impacts.” Salmon, trout, other native fish of San Francisco. Richard Tejeda. Peninsula Open Space Trust. CA Mar 5 2021 HERE TAPE HERE

Great Lakes Fisheries. “The past, present and future of our Great Lakes will be examined through the history of its fish and the people who fish for them.” Brandon Schroeder. Saugatuck-Douglas History Center. MI. Jl 2021 TAPE HERE

History of the Conestoga (Part II) Dammit! The effects of dams in the 18th and 19th century. Lancaster Conservancy PA Je 8 2021 HERE TAPE HERE

History of the Conestoga River. Lancaster Conservancy PA Aug 17, 2020 TAPE HERE

A Fishy Tale of Great Underwater Migrations. “tell the tale of our fishy Susquehanna [River] migrants past and present.” Keith Williams. Lancaster Conservancy PA Je 2021 HERE TAPE HERE

One Year of Irish Seafood - Book Launch and End of Project Event. Authors Dr Cordula Scherer and Dr Agnese Cretella “aim to boost Ocean Literacy amongst the people of this island nation across all ages” stewardship Food Smart Dublin, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities Je 17 2021 HERE TAPE HERE

From Ocean to Table, Life and Challenges of Unseen Thai Fishing Village. Explore Culture TAPE HERE

The Americas. Fish Passage Conference 2021 “fish passage engineering, fishway research and telemetry studies, river restoration measures like dam removal, mapping migratory routes of fish, legislation.” (Africa, Europe, Oceania June 22-24) World Fish Migration Foundation Je 21 2021 HERE TAPE HERE World Fish Migration Foundation HERE

The Story of Garum: Roman Fish Sauce in a Modern Context. Sally Grainger author of Cooking Apicus: Roman Recipes for Today and her latest The Story of Garum: Fermented Fish Sauce and Salted Fish in the Ancient World. Fermentology NC State U info Jan 2021 HERE Register HERE TAPES HERE

Garum: Ancient Umami and Modern Gastronomy. Panel: Harold McGee, Pere Planaguma, Aylin Tan, Dimitra Mylona and Sally Grainger author of The Story of Garum: Fermented Fish Sauce and Salted Fish in the Ancient World. Turquazz culture. May 2021 2.5 hrs. Facebook Live TAPE HERE Youtube live HERE

Fish Sauce at the Roman Table. “various forms of ancient fish sauces - garum, liquamen, muria, and allec… proposed that certain forms of ceramic cups were associated with these sauces. subjected to residue and use-wear pattern analysis.” Sally Grainger. Study Group for Roman Pottery UK Ju 23 2021 HERE. no tape for this interesting talk.

Sally Grainger’s A Taste of the Ancient World. youtube channel. TAPES HERE

Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave. Curator Conversation: Sally Grainger & Renee Dreyfus. TAPE HERE
The Culinary World of Pompeii. exhibit at Legion of Honor Museum, San Fran CA HERE

The not so inexhaustible sea: Fisheries science & Management, 1863-present. Aaron Van Neste. Hagley Museum library Feb 21 2022 HERE TAPE will be HERE

Recheck for tape: Caller Herring - Scottish Women Herring Workers. “herring gutters and packers…travelled around Britain’s island and mainland communities, working for salt curing companies.” Margaret Ritchie. Museums & Galleries Edinburgh. Je 8 2021 Fascinating talk. HERE

Calendar of virtual food history talks HERE

Past blog posts on fish - Huge fish smoker 1779, Shad fishing 14 images from 16th to early 20th, and 1833 fishing cartoons HERE

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