The Sound's herring fishery collapsed around 1570; catches took nearly 400 years to reach comparable levels again
Phys.org reports that the herring stock did not disappear when the fishery collapsed. Herring from the Sound, a strait between Denmark and Sweden, had been a major northern European trade good.
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Phys.org reports that the Sound's herring fishery collapsed around 1570, but the stock did not disappear. Catches took nearly 400 years to reach comparable levels again. From the 13th to the 16th century, herring from the strait between Denmark and Sweden was one of northern Europe's most important trade goods.
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