Camilla Bøgeskov
Email Address: cabola(at)dps.aau.dk
My research concerns the consumption of fresh, uncured marine products in the 18th and 19th centuries. This was a time when the traditional salt-food diet started to become unfashionable, and as an easily perishable product, fish then had to be transported fast from catching ground to the consumers which made the transport costly and full of risks. Despite this, the fresh fish trade grew, especially after the introduction of steamboats and railways in Europe in the 1830s onwards. By the 1880s the European fresh fish trade was large, integrated, and profitable, and in contrast to previous times, consumers were longer limited by what was available in nearby waters. My PhD investigates the rise of the fresh fish trade with a particular interest in the influence of consumer behaviour and the ecological consequences. My focus is on the Atlantic salmon which has a long history of being a valuable species across northwestern and central Europe making it well-suited for cross-border studies. The purpose is to discuss the emergence of a conspicuous marine consumption in the 18th and 19th centuries while providing perspectives to the way we exploit marine resources today. I come from Aalborg University in Denmark where the only environmental historians are my supervisor Bo Poulsen and myself. I therefore look forward to being part of a well-established research environment at Center for Environmental History for the next couple of months.
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