Shellfish and its Role in UK History and Culture Janet H Brown Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
Dec 11, 2015
Shellfish and its Role in UK History and Culture
Janet H BrownInstitute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
Science informing literature?
"O Oysters, come and walk with us!" The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four, To give a hand to each."
Rise and fall of the oyster fleets
• Production of Firth of Forth in 1800 – 30 million oysters pa
• Dramatic fall in production in England thought to be related to advent of railways
• First imports to boost production made in 1870s – Crassostrea virginica from USA and Ostrea edulis from France and Holland