Regional Study - The Fishing Industry in North East England

Summary

A review of the fishery and trends since 1986 includes records of landings with values at the main landing places. There is discussion of the changing fortunes of the producer in terms of income during this period with reference to the main white fish species and Nephrops in particular. The problems associated with the business at the main port of North Shields are discussed as is the related tendency of some vessels to land fish at non traditional ports such as Blyth. Positive indications on the white fish scene are reported from Whitby and Hartlepool and in general lobster landings are holding up well though crab landings are down. In parallel with decreasing landings of whitefish, Nephrop landings and effort are up. The fleet is listed and facilities reported on for all landings. This report has been produced from a scanned original and may therefore contain some formatting and other inaccuracies. In cases where this affects the technical content, a paper copy of the original report can still be obtained from Seafish.

Publication Reference No.

SR390

Publication date

01 January 1991