Labor Historian to Discuss Dangers in Fishing Industry

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Professor Colin Davis, Ph.D., will present his lecture, “Fishing the Seas: The Hazards and Dangers of Fishing and the Triple Trawler Tragedy,” 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Heritage Hall, Room 106, 1401 University Blvd.

September 5, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Professor Colin Davis, Ph.D., will present his lecture, "Fishing the Seas: The Hazards and Dangers of Fishing and the Triple Trawler Tragedy," 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Heritage Hall, Room 106, 1401 University Blvd.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more details, contact the UAB Department of History at 205-934-5634.

Davis will discuss the Triple Trawler Tragedy, known as one of the worst fishing disasters in British history, when three trawlers sank in the North Sea and off the coast of Iceland in 1968 within weeks of each other. A total of 58 fishermen were killed. The accidents led to a public outcry and improvements in safety standards in the fishing industry.

Davis is a labor and social historian in the UAB Department of History. His research interests include a comparative study of Atlantic fishers in New England and Britain.