Sheerness
Sheerness
- Administrative Port: Hastings
- County: Kent
- Population: 11.938
Sheerness is a town located beside the mouth of the River Medway on the north-west corner of the Isle of Sheppey in north Kent, England. Sheerness began as a fort built in the 16th century to protect the River Medway from naval invasion. In 1665, plans were first laid by the Navy Board for a Royal Navy dockyard where warships might be provisioned and repaired. After the raid on the Medway in 1667, the older fortification was strengthened; in 1669 a Royal Navy dockyard was established in the town, where warships were stocked and repaired until its closure in 1960. Beginning with the construction of a pier and a promenade in the 19th century, Sheerness acquired the added attractions of a seaside resort. Industry retains its important place in the town and the Port of Sheerness is one of the United Kingdom's leading car and fresh produce importers.[1]
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| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | Vessel type 1::2 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | Vessel type 2::1 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | Vessel type 3:: | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | Vessels total::3 [2] | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Demersal (tonnes) | Landings Demersal:: |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Pelagic (tonnes) | Landings Pelagic:: |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Shellfish (tonnes) | Landings shellfish:: |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Main species (tonnes) | Main species:: |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | All species (tonnes) | Landings all species:: |
| Landings | Values | Demersal | Value demersal:: |
| Landings | Values | Pelagic | Value pelagic:: |
| Landings | Values | Shellfish | Value shellfish:: |
| Landings | Values | All species | Value all species:: |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Regular) | Fishermen regular:: |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Part-time) | Fishermen part-time:: |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen Total | Fishermen total:: |
| Landings | Major fish species | Major fish species:: | |
| Landings | Landing points | Landing points:: | |
| Landings | Location of auctions | Location auctions:: | |
| Governance and organisation | Governance | Governance:: | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | FLAG:: | |
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | Location of fishermen's organisations::Sheerness Fishermen's. Association | |
| Branding | Brand labels | Brand labels:: | |
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fish selling:: | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Fish processing:: | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | Restaurants:: | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Tourism&Fishing:: | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | Festivals:: | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Fishing museums:: | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | Aquariums:: | |
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | Monuments:: | |
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | Fishing training school:: | |
- Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels
- Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels
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