Day: 13 May 2021
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Achastle-shore, Herring fishing station
During the 19th-Century, the Scottish herring industry was the largest in Europe. The fish was a Continental delicacy and easily caught off the east coast of Scotland. At the peak of the herring boom, there were as many as 30,000 boats involved. In the early 19th Century, the British Government gave a bounty of £3.00…