Herring Fishing - selected bibliography
- Anson, Peter F. Fishermen and fishing ways. London: Harrap, 1932.
- Anson, Peter F. Fishing boats and fisher folk on the East Coast of Scotland. London, 1930.
- Butcher, David. Living from the sea: memories of a shoreside life. Tops'l Books, 1982.
- Coull, James R. The development of the fishery districts of Scotland. Northern Scotland, 1992, 12, pp 117 - 131.
- Coull, James R. Herring curing on Sandison's ground at Baltasound. Shetland Life, May 2000 (available at Shetland Today - select 'fishing').
- Coull, James R. Penetrating and monitoring the market: The development of the Continental market for Scottish herring in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Scottish Economic and Social History, 1999, 19.2, pp 117-131.
- Coull, James R. Problems and disputes in the herring fishing. Shetland Life, August 1998 (available at Shetland Today - select 'fishing').
- Coull, James R. The role of the Fishery Board in the development of Scottish fishing harbours, 1809-1939. Scottish Economic and Social History, 1995,15, pp 25.
- Coull, James R. The sea fisheries of Scotland: a historical geography. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1996.
- Coull, James R. Stresses and strains during the herring boom. Shetland Life, May 1997 (available at Shetland Today - select 'fishing').
- Dunlop, Jean. The British Fisheries Society 1786 - 1893. Edinburgh: John Donald: 1978.
- Festing, Sally. Fishermen. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1977.
- Gray, Malcolm. The fishing industries of Scotland 1790-1914: a study in regional adaptation. OUP for Aberdeen University, 1978.
- Gunn, Neil M. The silver darlings. London: Faber and Faber, 1941.
- Hallewell, Richard. Scotland's Sailing Fishermen. Strathtummel: Hallewell Publications, 1991.
- Hardy, A. The open sea: Its natural history, Part II: Fish and Fisheries. London: Collins, 1959.
- Harris, B. Scotland's herring fisheries and the prosperity of the nation, c.1660-1760. Scottish Historical Review, 2000, 79.207, pp 39.
- Jenkins, James Travis. The herring and the herring fisheries. London, 1927.
- King, Margaret. Herring heyday. Arbroath Herald Annual, 1990.
- Lavery, Brian. Maritime Scotland. London: Batsford/ Historic Scotland, 2001.
- Lockhart, G.M. The Scots and their fish. Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1997.
- March, Edgar J. Sailing drifters: the story of the herring luggers of England, Scotland and the Isle of Man. David and Charles, 1969.
- Marshall, Michael W. Fishing: the coastal tradition. London: Batsford, 1987.
- Martin, Angus. Fishing and whaling. Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland, 1995.
- Miller, James. Salt in the blood: Scotland's Fishing Communities Past and Present. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1999.
- Mitchell, John Mitchell. The herring: its natural history and national importance. Edinburgh: Longman, 1864.
- Nicolson, James. Food from the sea. London: Cassell, 1979.
- North East Folklore Archive: Fishing (available at http://www.nefa.net/archive/fishing/index.php).
- Smith, Peter. The Lammas Drave and the winter herrin': a history of the herring fishing from East Fife. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1985.
- Starkey, David et al (editors). England's sea fisheries. Chatham Publishing, 2001.
- Sutherland, Iain. From herring to seine net fishing on the East Coast of Scotland. Wick Camps Bookshop, 1986(?).
- Tanner, Matthew. Scottish fishing boats. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 1996.
- Taylor, James. Fishing the North East: a guide to the places, the people and their craft. Gartocharn: Northern Books for Famedram Publishers, 1988.
- Thompson, Paul et al. Living the fishing (history workshop series). London: Routledge, 1983.
- Thomson, James. The value and importance of the Scottish fisheries. London/ Aberdeen, Geo Cornwall, 1849.
- Washington, J. Report on the loss of life, and damage caused to fishing boats on the East Coast of Scotland, in the gale of 19th August 1848. London: House of Commons, 1849.
- Wilson, Gloria. Scottish fishing boats. Beverley: The Hutton Press, 1995.