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Acknowledgements Professor Dilys Williams, Director Centre for Sustainable Fashion at
London College of Fashion, and Simon Thorogood, Senior Research Fellow Digital Anthropology
Lab at London College of Fashion, provided overall guidance for this research.
The research has been funded by AHRC LDoc London Doctoral Design Centre Award.The
research has been funded by the EU Horizon 2020-MSCA-RISE-2018. Research and Innovation
Staff Exchange Marie Sklodowska Curie GRANT NUMBER 823943: FishSkin: Developing Fish
Skin as a Sustainable Raw Material for the Fashion Industry.
In addition, this project could not have been completed without support from the Nordic
Culture Fund, OPSTART and the Society of Dyers and Colourists’ grants to deliver the Nordic
Fish Leather craft workshop at the Atlantic Leather tannery.
The author would like to express their gratitude to the research assistant Joseph Boon for his
vast contribution to the publication, to the Swedish fish skin craftsperson Lotta Rahme, to Katrin
Karadottir, Programme Director in Fashion Design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, to the
Icelandic tannery Atlantic Leather and to the Icelandic Textile Centre. The author would also like
to thank all the student participants in the study case workshop and the photographer.
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Textile Museum of Canada
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development and implementing the sustainable development goals World Ocean council white
paper
15 SDG 14 Life Below Water
Acknowledgements Professor Dilys Williams, Director Centre for Sustainable Fashion at
London College of Fashion, and Simon Thorogood, Senior Research Fellow Digital Anthropology
Lab at London College of Fashion, provided overall guidance for this research.
The research has been funded by AHRC LDoc London Doctoral Design Centre Award.The
research has been funded by the EU Horizon 2020-MSCA-RISE-2018. Research and Innovation
Staff Exchange Marie Sklodowska Curie GRANT NUMBER 823943: FishSkin: Developing Fish
Skin as a Sustainable Raw Material for the Fashion Industry.
In addition, this project could not have been completed without support from the Nordic
Culture Fund, OPSTART and the Society of Dyers and Colourists’ grants to deliver the Nordic
Fish Leather craft workshop at the Atlantic Leather tannery.
The author would like to express their gratitude to the research assistant Joseph Boon for his
vast contribution to the publication, to the Swedish fish skin craftsperson Lotta Rahme, to Katrin
Karadottir, Programme Director in Fashion Design at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, to the
Icelandic tannery Atlantic Leather and to the Icelandic Textile Centre. The author would also like
to thank all the student participants in the study case workshop and the photographer.
References
Arvanito I, Kassaveti A (2008) Fish industry waste: treatments, environmental impacts, current
and potential uses. Int J Food Sci Technol 43:726–745
Bechtel PJ (2003) Advances in seafood byproducts: 2002 conference proceedings. Alaska Sea
Grant College program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks. 566 pp
Campbell J (2010) Why do the Hezhe people rarely make clothing out of fish skin anymore?
Textile Museum of Canada
CSF (2015) Centre for sustainable fashion vision, Plans, Actions and Change Strategy 2015–2020
Deliso, C. (2015) Iceland, preserving the bounty of the sea. November 30, 2015. Retrieved October
16, 2018, from http://www.the-report.com/reports/iceland/a-strong-yet-sustainable-recovery/
preserving-the-bounty-of-the-sea/
Ehrlich H (2015) Fish skin: from clothing to tissue engineering. In: Biological materials of Marine
origin. biologically-inspired systems, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht
EPA. Environmental Protection Agency (2012) Ocean Disposal of Fish Wastes. The 2012
guidelines. Retrieved October 16, 2018, from https://www.epa.gov/ocean-dumping/
ocean-disposal-fish-wastes
Fletcher K (2018) The fashion land ethic: localism. In: Clothing activity and Macclesfield. http://
ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/13641
Fletcher K, Williams D (2010) Shared talent: an exploration of the potential of the shared talent
collaborative and hands-on educational experience for enhancing learning around sustainability in fashion practice. In: Lens conference: sustainability in design NOW! Bangalore, India
Gunnarsdóttir K (2017) The permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations statement by
H.E. Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture High-level United
Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14:
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development General Debate 6 June 2017 www.iceland.org/un/nyc
Hald M (1972) Primitive shoes. An archaeological-ethnological study based upon shoe finds from
the Jutland Peninsula, Publications of the National Museum, Archaeological-Historical Series
I Volume XIII. Copenhagen: The National Museum of Denmark
Hansen E (2018) Ocean/maritime clusters: leadership and collaboration for ocean sustainable
development and implementing the sustainable development goals World Ocean council white
paper
15 SDG 14 Life Below Water