Nikos Alevyzakis
Nikos Alevyzakis is a historian with interests in the history of fisheries, in human intervention in the marine environment and in legal regulation of fishing, within the history of the Sea and along social and economic history and local history. His ph.D. thesis titled “The marine fishery from the establishment of the Greek state to 1910” and supervised by Gelina Harlaftis is now under publication with Crete University Press, forthcoming in 2026. Alevyzakis has a long-standing record in research projects in the Ionian University, in Aegean University and in the Institute for Mediterranean Studies – FORTH. He has a significant number of publications in academic journals and chapters of books.
Selected Publications
- Monographs
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, History of Greek Fisheries: From the Establishment of the State until 1910, University of Crete Press, Heraklion 2026.
- Chapters in Edited Volumes
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Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Fishing in the Port of Piraeus in the 19th Century”, in Katerina Galani (ed.), Piraeus: The Development of the City-Port in the Age of Steam and Globalization (1834–1914), Institute of Historical Research – National Hellenic Research Foundation, forthcoming.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Fisheries policy in the era of Eleftherios Venizelos, 1910-1922”, in Gelina Harlaftis (ed.), The Greek Merchant Shipping in the Years of Eleftherios Venizelos, National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" – Center for Maritime History - Institute for Mediterranean Studies - Foundation for Research and Technology – Alexandria, Athens 2024, pp. 161-186.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Archival evidence on fishing in 19th c. Corfu”, in Kostas Sbonias and Andreas Kapetanios (eds.), The coastal environments of Corfu, cultural heritage and local communities, Ionian University Research Committee, Corfu 2020, pp. 91-112.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Appendix: Archival sources on fisheries”, in Kostas Sbonias and Andreas Kapetanios (eds.), The coastal environments of Corfu, cultural heritage and local communities, Ionian University Research Committee, Corfu 2020, pp. 280-364.
- Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “The study of marine biodiversity and the marine environment in the course of scientific thought”, Mninon 42 (2026), pp. 149-174.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “The penetration and spread of bottom trawling in the Greek seas and the establishment of territorial waters in the nineteenth century”, International Journal of Maritime History 37 – 4 (2025), pp. 689-707.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Greece’s Participation in the Great Fisheries Exhibition of London in 1883 and Nikolaos Apostolidis”, Ta Istorika 80 (2025), pp. 195-216.
- Newspapers and Magazines Articles
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Greek Fishing in Context: Legacies, Continuities, and Transformations”, Portes Magazine 12 (2026), forthcoming.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Golden Catches in Piraeus in the 19th Century: The Great Port Also Prospered as a Fishing Hub, Serving as the Main Gateway for Marine Food Products to Athens and the Hinterland”, Kathimerini newspaper, 3 August 2025, p. 30.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “With Basket Traps, Creels, and Lobster Pounds: Lobster Fishing Was Already a Highly Profitable Activity by the 19th Century”, Kathimerini newspaper, 15 June 2025, p. 35.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “"The use of extraordinary fishing methods is prohibited". As early as 1839, the Greek state established regulations for the protection of the seas. At that time, the threat was still the poisonous mullein (Verbascum)…”, Kathimerini newspaper, 28 July 2024, p. 35.
- Nikos E. Alevyzakis, “Territorial waters up to the range of a cannon shot. How Neapolitan trawlers fishing as far as Salamis first raised the issue of territorial waters delimitation for the Greek state”, Kathimerini newspaper, 14 May 2024, p. 31.