North Foreland to the Tweed - The Fishing Industry Through Time

Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid-1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure from overfishing. Mike Smylie takes us on a tour of England's North Sea coast, taking the reader to harbours that you could once walk over on the hundreds of fishing boats, and to east coast beaches and rivers that boasted their own fishing fleets. Each area of the coast had its unique boats, built for local conditions, as well as methods of catching the fish. From North Foreland on Kent's Isle of Thanet to the River Tweed, Mike Smylie shows us the fishermen and women on shore and at sea, their boats, and the harbours, and tells us of the methods used to catch fish. He also documents the changes in and decline of the industry, from the times when it employed hundreds of thousands of working people.

ISBN:	9781445614564
Publisher:	Amberley Publishing
Imprint:	Amberley Publishing
Published date:	15 Oct 2014
DEWEY:	338.3720942809047
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	96
Weight:	302g
Height:	164mm
Width:	237mm
Spine width:	9mm

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