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No: 23437 Contributor: Bill Miller Year: 1935 Area: Stronsay

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Landing herring in Stronsay

Circa 1935. Any names please.

[So what happened to the herring, that all this seemed to end so suddenly?]

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Picture added on 16 February 2010 at 23:10

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Two reasons for the end of the herring fishing in Stronsay - the 2nd World War started and also the herring migration pattern appeared to change and the catches were very poor.

Added by Bill Miller on 19 February 2010

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