Basque Whaling and Cod History

Historical period

From the eleventh century Basque crews hunted right whales in the Bay of Biscay, and by the sixteenth were whaling and salting cod at Red Bay in Labrador — archaeologically documented. It is the origin of the salt-cod trade that made bakailao central to a coast that has no cod of its own. ⚠ Recorded as history; whaling is not presented as a living foodway.

Atlas — where and when

What is recorded

Basque whaling and the Newfoundland cod fishery are recorded as HISTORY. Whaling is not presented as a living foodway, and modern fishing is governed by stock limits and sustainability rules that are a separate question from what was done in the sixteenth century. documented

Related foodways

Recorded as relating to this foodway

originates from Salt Cod Foodways documented
Salt cod reaches this kitchen through Basque crews fishing and salting off Newfoundland and Labrador, not through any local cod.

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