Publisher's Synopsis
The Shetland Islands form a distinct fishing community on the northern fringe of the UK. While this book has been commissioned to mark the first 50 years of the Shetland Fishermen's Association, it is also a detailed history of that period - the events, the boats and the Shetland fishermen themselves.;It describes in detail the many changes that have taken place: the growth of seine netting for haddock and whiting; the revival of the driftnet fishery for herring in the 1950s; the introduction of purse seining in the 1960s and the islanders' positive reaction after initial hostility.;The book also explains some of the problems and benefits brought to the Shetland fishing industry by Britain's entry into the EEC.
