BUSS On the large vessels developed by the Dutch for voyages to the fishing grounds off Scotland and England and for on board gutting and salting
CADGER The derivation of the word 'cadger', a derogatory epithet for someone who tries to get things for free, and its origins in the fish trade
CALLER HERRIN’ (FILM) Picking up on the song and fisherwomen's marketing of their wares, a film deploying documentary to encourage herring consumption
CALLER HERRIN’ (SONG) Drawing on street cries, composed for harpsichord, given lyrics by Jacobite-sympathising aristocrat Mrs Bogan of Bogan, a Scottish song
CANNING The story of canning, fish in particular, and why young herrings can no longer be called sardines, either in the United Kingdom or Europe.
DIVINE PROVIDENCE On interpreting the herring's grand migration as a gift from God, the ensuing arguments between nations and the eventual progress of science.
DRIED HERRING An early method of preservation, continued in Native American cultures of the North West and South Korea
DRIFT OR GILL NETTING On the nets used by drifters in a largely abandoned, but sustainable method of catching herring now developed unsustainably elsewhere
DRIFTERS (DOCUMENTARY FILM) The first documentary, famously directed by Grierson; funded by herring historian & Financial Secretary to the Treasury, AM Samuel
DUTCH GRAND FISHERY The rise and fall of the 'Groote Visserye', its role in the Dutch War of Independence and in various wars with England and Scotland
ENGLAND’S PATH TO WEALTH AND HONOUR James Puckle's 1700 version of his patriotic, herring fishery promotional pamphlet, crying out for English superiority over the Dutch
