Resumen de Fishing in the Island of Majorca in the Middle Ages (1230-1521): state of the Art and Initial Results of an Ongoing Research

María Barceló Crespí, Antoni Mas Forners

• This paper aims to present the initial results of an ongoing research on the study of fishing in the island of Majorca in the Middle Ages, which includes the fishing activity, its production organization, as well as the commercialization and consumption of fish catches, and geography and sociology of population dedicated to fishing activities. The present study pays special attention to the most significant features of this activity in Majorca. That is the use of slave labour as part of the crew, the growing importance of coral extraction, and the development of fish-sale areas at almost all the villages of the island, as a way to tax fishing activities.