The Mary Rose was a British warship under King Henry VIII. It sank in 1545 after serving for 33 years. It was salvaged in 1982, when conservation efforts began. (Image Credit: Mary Rose Trust, via Wikimedia Commons)
Looking at old cod found in the hold of the Tudor warship the Mary Rose is providing a glimpse of fisheries history. A DNA analysis of the stored cod revealed it was caught in near Iceland and Newfoundland and is “illuminating the role of naval provisioning in the early development of extensive sea fisheries, with their long-term economic and ecological impacts” according to the researchers.
Original research paper published in Royal Society Open Science on September 8, 2015.
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