New analysis shows warship's dried fish provisions were sourced from as far away as Icelandic and possibly even transatlantic waters. Researchers show how a boom in the fishing trade helped fuel the ...

London’s international fish trade can be traced back 800 years to the medieval period, according to new research. London’s international fish trade can be traced back 800 years to the medieval period, ...

Vikings sailed the North Atlantic 1,000 years ago, sustained largely by a crucial protein: preserved fish. Cod and other so-called stockfish were hugely important staple foods for seafarers, but until ...

New stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of the bones of stored cod provisions recovered from the wreck of the Tudor warship Mary Rose, which sank off the coast of southern England in 1545, has ...