Kapitalismoaren eragina XIX. mendeko arrantzan Bizkaian (ca. 1840etik 1876 arte)

Abstract

During the 19th century, capitalism conditioned fishing in Biskaia. In the search for large benefits, the methods and means of work did not change much and there was a decrease in prices that worsened the exploitation of fishermen. Competition between them increased, private industries were promoted and the confraternities that gathered the people in the sector were fought against in order to quash the limitations that they imposed on private interests. We are now going to expose the most outstanding chapters in these processes in their economic, social and cultural aspects, in accordance with the possibilities that the scarce sources that exist allow for.