Paul Montgomery
@stonefishweirs
Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group.
The Great Bear Rainforest, comprising some 6.4 million hectares, is an ecological zone of temperate rainforest on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. British Columbia is home 200 000 Indigenous people, with 198 distinct First Nations groups in the area. 2/5
An example of the fish traps from the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, coast of B.C., Canada. Its coastline bordering the Salish Sea and the Pacific has been home to indigenous peoples for 1000s of years and has several significant fish traps,weirs and clam gardens. 1/5 #coastalhistory #4oceans
The reef manta ray or En madi" in Dhivehi (Mobula alfredi), "ram feeding"the act of swimming against the tidal current with its mouth open and sieving zooplankton from the water. This particular specimen was photographed in the waters of the South Malé Atoll Maldives.
Baker Bay is a bay located just inside the mouth of the Columbia River. The oldest site found evidence of human activity dating back 11,230 years at the Marmes Rockshelter, near the confluence of the Palouse and Snake rivers in eastern Washington 2/3
Picture of one of many Salmon Pound #fishtrap at Baker's Bay in 1887. In 1892, there were 378 pounds in Baker's Bay, on the north side #ColumbiaRiver. Fish pounds are a type of fish trap that included a leader arm, stretched perpendicular to the shore, which guided salmon in.1/3 #coastalhistory
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Throughout its history, communities engaged in fishing, whaling and aquaculture developed knowledge and experience of marine resources and the marine environment. The sea is intertwined with the art, culture and food of this island nation. 2/3
Celebrating Japanese Marine Day #marineday Marine Day—海の日, Umi no Hi in Japanese—is celebrated on the 3rd Monday in July. The Island nation of Japan has drawn benefits from the ocean, with a long history that has been shaped by the ocean and its resources. 1/3 #coastalhistory
Worked necklace shells from a site in Bizkaia, Spain, dating 12,250BC. Concurrent with Azilian period (c. 12,500–10,000 years ago) was a transitional Epipaleolithic and Early Mesolithic culture in Southwestern Europe (France and Spain) (Itsasmuseum Bilbao). #coastalhistory #4oceans
Etching from 1781 of the hive of boats and ferrys of #Sheerness, on the #IsleofSheppey, drawn when William Hogarth, English painter and engraver, was embarking on a boat up the #Thames to #London. #coastsinmind #swales #coastalhistory
The smell of the land and the sea, the oily odours of a split, brined herrings, cold-smoked in the town's traditional smokehouses that made Kilkeel kippers. Kilkeel, a County Down fishing port became center of herring fishing along the east coast of the Ireland. #coastalhistory #coastalheritage
The hum of life, in the silent blue of the coral reef in the #VaavuAtoll, #Maldives. Sunlight ripples along the shallow corals of the water column as fish pass in and out of my path. #coastalhistory #4oceans
Creating narratives that stretch well beyond the written word, deep into history, and are shaped by the ocean and land's interaction with humans and aquatic life. #maritimearchaeology #MaritimeHeritage #marinebiology #CulturalHeritage 3/3
Much of this knowledge from the past has been intertwined in traditional local knowledge and the oral histories and stories of communities around the world who are dependent on the ocean for their livelihoods. 2/3
Learning in the blue! As an archaeologist, every time I start a project, I try to remember that, as modern as our scientific techniques are, we shouldn't abandon our traditional skills/observational methods honed over millions of years of evolution in this environment. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
The Passamaquoddy are a Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America. Their traditional homeland, Peskotomuhkatikuk, straddles the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine. 2/3
Wood (bush) fishweir at St. Croix River around 1900. Built to catch river herring (alewife/gaspereau, and blueback herring). A fishing tradition that archaeology has shown involved river herring use and consumption in Passamaquoddy villages in the St. Croix Watershed. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/3
A rare example of the conservative of a fish trap from the K’ómoks First Nation a vibrant Indigenous community in the Comox Valley #VancouverIsland, #BritishColumbia #Canada. komoks.ca Pentlatch fish trap panel connects K’ómoks, Qualicum to ancestors – The Discourse. share.google/9kN4tkVwitLR...
#Fishweirs/traps #CookIslands Representing 2 distinct fish trap types anga & hinahi. The anga a static none baited trap (A) used on inshore and rocky areas. The hinahi (B) baited trap is sunk in deep water, marked with floats on reefs and possibly offshore on long lines. 1/2 #coastalhistory #4oceans
Historically, fish weirs were considered to be of upgrade value to the landowning elites/ communities, so they built them along the coastlines. Ownership and management of these structures could create a huge amount of prosperity for the landowner and the people who fish them.5/6
The structure of traps indicates that they are fished during the ebbing tide, fish were trapped behind the wall of the stone fish weirs in ponds, historically, which suggested that the traps were so abundant with fish that it was possible to catch fish by hand during the L.W.4/6
Geographically, the traps are located close to a freshwater source, namely the Glen River and Amy's River in this case). Compatible sites in Ireland and UK highlight the value of some of these fisheries, which can attract species like salmon and trout to their shores 3/6
Believed to date to the post-medieval 18th-19th century, one V-shaped 250 meters and one U-shaped 170 meters mixed fisheries with larger numbers of flatfish. Both structures are listed as historical monuments and afforded protection by the cultural heritage authorities of Northern Ireland. 2/6
‘Lady Annesley’s traps’ a stone #fishweir located at Newcastle Beach Co. Down Northern Ireland/UK. Located on the southern end of Newcastle Bay on the shores of the Irish Sea, two large stone fish traps are visible from the shore and from aerial photography. 1/6 #coastalhistory #4oceans
Drawing of the wood #fishtraps in #NamKanRiver, #Laos. Drawn 1882-1884 as part of the Dr Paul Neis undertook a scientific mission to Cochinchina (south Vietman) and Laos. Compared with a modem fish traps on #NamKanRiver & Champasak still in use today. #coastalhistory #4oceans
Coloured drawing of fishermen working with a gill net/cast net,1790s-1800s, in northern Sweden or Finland are interesting comparisons to the written sources by Carl Linnaeus and his travelling apostles during the 18th century of such fishing techniques in local communities. #coastalhistory #4oceans
Picture the back streets of Folkestone, Kent, England, at the Fish Market, c1955. A coastal settlement for more 2000 years. The seaside town that sits there today belies the depth of its history and its central place in trade within the wider archipelago of the North Atlantic. #coastsinmind
As you can see, there are many large basins (13 in total), where the garum was made, with a few adjacent rooms. In terms of conservation, the site is being actively damaged, as evidenced by the destruction the basins, which have been cut in half by human intervention. 3/4
Located at the high watermark, the Roman 1st-century site is partially covered by shifting sand dunes that surround the Cape Trafalgar lighthouse. Periodic storms have exposed the site, making it visible to visitors in recent years. 2/4