GBC
Traditional Fisheries

Cran

Modern equivalent

170.48 litres

A legal volume unit used along Scottish and East Anglian coasts for freshly landed herring, holding about 1,200 fish.

Introduced to bring legislative order to chaotic fish-curing ports, the cran wooden crate was officially inspected and branded. It prevented market disputes between fishermen and curers over the true volume of a seasonal catch.

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