Cencus of Marine Life

1300 AD
Polynesian Ancestor to Maori first settled in New-zealand 

1000 AD
Whaling by basque Whaler Began,over Expanding the next several centuries into the north Atlantic and then into the artic Greatly reducing right Whales and virtually exterminating bow head Whales . the methods were adapted by the english and dutch whaler over the next Centuries . 

8000 BC
Shell fish gathering became specially wide spread and produce Prof found economic social and ideological impacts on prehistoric inhabitants of coast and Island since the beginning of Holocene ,some 10,000 years ago !!

600 BC
In the seventh and sixth century BC Population grow in Aegean region Led to the foundation of Greek colonies on the black sea coast  the black sea cities developed sea fishing on the on commercial scale and produce salted fish in large quantity to export .

50 BC
Large Fixed nets and traps for migrating fish notably-tuna were in use and involving sixty to seventy fisherman working together . for the next century tuna fishing formed the one of the mains stay of the black economy.

1436
In 1436 solovetsky Monastery was founded on the island in the white sea . the monastery played the crucial rolein the Russian colonization of the white and Barents  sea regoin (17-18thcc) provide a very rich source of historical information on fisheries .

1490
explored discoveries pristine fish stocks in the north west Atlantic many from species already over fished in Europe fleets of vessel sailed to fish and cheap salt cod from america begin a staple food in Europe.

1500 
in the sixteenth Century Venice displaced the salt production off Chioggia the front Vientiane port town toward the Adriatic to other areas and who had worked in this industry join the local fisherman on the high sea in the lagoon this century marked the beginning of the Chioggia's famous fishing effect ..

1840
the rapid growth of railways in Britain had a a profound impact on the north sea fisheries as it facilitated the transport of fresh fish  to growing inland markets ..