Marine Scotland
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Herring or Sprat; and the Notorious Case of Burke and Hare
24th September 2018 by Marine Scotland Communications
One of the earliest pieces of fisheries research carried out in Scotland concerned the Firth of Forth herring fishery, and whether herring and sprat were two separate species. An artefact from this research is on display in the library foyer at the Marine Laboratory, in Aberdeen. The Board of British White Herring Fisheries was established…