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Primary Text: Cornish Pilchard Fishery
An 1872 text describing the methods used to catch and package pilchards along the Cornish coast of England.
"Reasons Humbly Proposed"
A measure presented in Parliament in 1680 opposing a bill that restricted the use of drift-nets in coastal fishing.
Cornish Fishermen
A photograph of local fishermen in Sennen Cove, Cornwall.
Tucking a Pilchard Seine
A photograph of St. Ives fishermen using seine nets to catch pilchards.
How the Old St. Ives Pilchard Seines Worked
A graphic showing how the St. Ives fishermen employed "seines" to bring in catches of pilchards.
"Pilchards"
An 1897 oil painting of Cornish fishermen using a "seine" net to catch a shoal of pilchards.