Looe
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Looe
- Administrative Port: Plymouth
- County: Cornwall
- Population: 5000
Looe is a small coastal town and busy fishing port in south-east Cornwall, England. Looe is divided in two by the River Looe, with East Looe and West Looe being connected by a bridge. The town is situated around a small harbour and along the steep-sided valley of the River Looe which flows between East and West Looe to the seabeside a sandy beach. Off shore to the west, opposite the stonier Hannafore beach, lies the picturesque St George's Island, commonly known as Looe Island. While Looe remains a fishing town, its main business is from tourism with much of the town occupied by hotels, guest houses and holiday homes.
- Picture: Fishing harbour of Looe (Author: GIFS Researcher Photography)
- Video:UK's oldest fisherman Bill Hocking from Looe, Cornwall (2010). "The oldest fishermen in the country celebrated 70 years of netting seafood despite never tasting his catch - because he doesn't eat FISH. Bill Hocking began fishing in May 1940 as 11-year-old boy and is still hauling lobster and crabs 70 years later"
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 311 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 10 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | ||
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 411 | |
| 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 | Looe Fish market | |
| Governance and organisation | Governance | Looe FLAG | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | Cornwall | |
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | Looe Fishermen's Protection Association | |
| Branding | Brand labels | ||
| Fish as food | Fish selling | -Auctions -Looe Fish Market -Fish shop next to quay: Pengellys | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | -Simply Fish - Unit 4, New Granite Quay, East Looe Quay, East Looe, Cornwall, PL13 1DX -Pengellys | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | -The Old Sail Loft Restaurant, Quay St, Looe, Cornwall PL13 1AP -Trawlers on the Quay, The Quay, Looe, Cornwall -Squid Ink, Squid Ink Restaurant, Lower Chapel Street, Looe, PL13 1AT -Smugglers Cottage Restaurant, Middle Market Street, Looe PL13 1AY | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Fishing trips: -Fishing Cornwall -Typhoon Fishing Trips | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | -Looe Festival by the Sea -Looe Lugger Regatta | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Looe Museum | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | It’s A Fishy Buziness - (Suppliers of aquatic species) | |
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | ||
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | Quayside Community Centre | |
- 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
