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Queenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England. Queenborough today still reflects something of its original 18th-century seafaring history, from which period most of its more prominent buildings survive. The church however is the sole surviving feature from the medieval period. | Queenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England. Queenborough today still reflects something of its original 18th-century seafaring history, from which period most of its more prominent buildings survive. The church however is the sole surviving feature from the medieval period. | ||
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Revision as of 09:18, 28 August 2014
Queenborough
- Administrative Port: Hastings
- County: Kent
- Population: 3471
Queenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England. Queenborough today still reflects something of its original 18th-century seafaring history, from which period most of its more prominent buildings survive. The church however is the sole surviving feature from the medieval period.
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 61 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 2 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | ||
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 81 | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Demersal (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Pelagic (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Shellfish (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Main species (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | All species (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Values | Demersal | |
| Landings | Values | Pelagic | |
| Landings | Values | Shellfish | |
| Landings | Values | All species | |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Regular) | |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Part-time) | |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen Total | |
| Landings | Major fish species | ||
| Landings | Landing points | ||
| Landings | Location of auctions | ||
| Governance and organisation | Governance | ||
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | ||
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | -Queenborough Fishery Trust -Queenborough Fishermen's Association | |
| Branding | Brand labels | ||
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmonger: Captain Crimps, 55A High St, Queenborough,AE101 ME11 5AG | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Two Suns Quality Fish, West Street, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5AD | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | ||
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | ||
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | ||
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Queenborough Guildhall Museum, High Street, Queenborough, Kent | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | ||
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | ||
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | ||
- Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels
- Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels
References
1. http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/vessel.htm Feb 2014
