| Fishing a Borderless Sea: Environmental Territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818-1910 Subjects: Baitfish fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 19th century; Baitfish fisheries -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century; Fishers -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History; Social conflict -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History; North Atlantic Oc; Over the centuries, processing and distribution of products from land and sea has stimulated the growth of a global economy. In the broad sweep of world history, it may be hard to imagine a place for the meager little herring baitfish. Yet, as Brian Payne adeptly recounts, the baitfish trade was hotly contested in the Anglo-American world throughout the nineteenth century. Politicians called for wars, navies were dispatched with guns at the ready, vessels were seized at sea, and violence erupted at sea. Brian J. Payne is an assistant professor at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, where he teaches labor and maritime history. |