We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod (Gadus morhua) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences of the Fish Revolution for fishing communities? While these questions would have been considered unknowable a decade or two ago, methodological developments in marine environmental history and historical ecology have moved information about both supply and demand into the realm of the discernible. Although much research remains to be done, we conclude that this was a major event in the history of resource extraction from the sea, mediated by forces of climate change and globalisation, and is likely to provide a fruitful agenda for future multidisciplinary research.

我们提出“鱼类革命”的概念，以划定公元 1500 年之后北大西洋渔业的急剧增长，这导致鳕鱼 ( Gadus morhua ) 增加了 15 倍。) 捕捞量，并可能使欧洲市场的鱼蛋白增加三倍。我们考虑三个关键问题：（1）鱼类革命的环境参数是什么？(2) 鱼类革命的全球化影响是什么？(3) 鱼类革命对渔业社区的影响是什么？虽然这些问题在一两年前被认为是不可知的，但海洋环境历史和历史生态学的方法学发展已经将有关供需的信息转移到了可辨别的领域。尽管仍有许多研究要做，但我们得出的结论是，这是海洋资源开采历史上的一件大事，受气候变化和全球化的影响，很可能为未来的多学科研究提供富有成果的议程。