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Sheringham

Administrative Port: Lowestoft
County: Norfolk
Population: 7.367

Sheringham is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns". The fishing industry was at its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the coming of the railways made it possible for fish to be transported more efficiently to market. Through the 1900s the focus of the fishing, as all along the north Norfolk coast, began to be on crabs, lobsters and whelks. The local fishermen were major suppliers of crabs and lobsters to the London fish markets. Long lining for cod and the catching of herring began to become less important in the second half of the century, as did whelking. Today, from a peak of maybe 200 boats, a significant decline has seen Sheringham’s fishing fleet reduced to ten boats.[1]

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Picture: Fishing boats on the beach in Sheringham (Author: GIFS Researcher Photography)

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Video: Crab & Lobster Festival, Cromer & Sheringham (2014).


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Background information
Fishing Fleet Vessel type 1 Vessel type 1::10
Fishing Fleet Vessel type 2 Vessel type 2::0
Fishing Fleet Vessel type 3 Vessel type 3::
Fishing Fleet Vessels total Vessels total::10 [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::Sheringham FLAG
Governance and organisation FLAG FLAG::North Norfolk
Governance and organisation Location of fishermen's organisations Location of fishermen's organisations::Sheringham Fishermen's Association
Branding Brand labels Brand labels::
Fish as food Fish selling Fish selling::''Fishmonger:'' '''Joyful West's Shellfish Bar''', 23 High St, Sheringham, NR26 8JP
Fish as food Fish processing Fish processing::'''Richard's Fish Shop''', 21b Church St, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8QR
Fish as food Restaurants/hotels Restaurants::
Tourism & Education Tourism & Fishing Tourism&Fishing::
Tourism & Education Festivals [[Festivals::Cromer and Sheringham's Crab and Lobster Festival]]
Tourism & Education Fishing museums [[Fishing museums::-Fishermen’s Heritage Centre, West Cliff, Sheringham, NR26 8JT
-Sheringham Museum, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8BG]]
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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