Gallery
Sharks, Tunas and Billfish
The following images are grouped under the theme of 'Sharks, Tunas and Billfish'. Shown below are thumbnails, click on the image to open a larger version. A high resolution image version (non copyright images) can be requested by emailing Callum Roberts (cr10@york.ac.uk) stating the image name and what the image will be used for.
Thresher
shark in mackerel net, East Canada ca 1920 (image file gstb1.jpg)
Shark
shooting Port Louis Mauritius 1880 (image file gstb2.jpg)
Shark
fishing ca 18th century (image file gstb3.jpg)
Lady
Brown with a big catch Panama 1917 (image file gstb4.jpg)
Harpooning
swordfish Mass. ca 1875 (image file gstb5.jpg)
Harpooning
dorado in the doldrums ca 1870(image file gstb6.jpg)
Hammerhead
shark Florida ca 1917 (image file gstb7.jpg)
Bluefin
tuna Scarborough UK 1933 (image file gstb8.jpg)
Bluefin
tuna attack herring in net North Sea ca 1930 (image file gstb9.jpg)
Blue
shark 1899 (image file gstb10.jpg)
Basking
shark Scotland 2 ca 1950 (image file gstb11.jpg)
Basking
shark Scotland 1 ca 1950 (image file gstb12.jpg)
1036
lb great white Sidney Heads Australia Zane Grey ca1930 (image file gstb13.jpg)
976lb
black marlin New Zealand 1933 (image file gstb14.jpg)
5
ton catch of albacore Santa Catalina Cal ca 1910 (image file gstb15.jpg)
Tuna
and kingfish catch Long Beach Cal ca 1915 (image file gstb16.jpg)