Sheringham
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]
- Picture: Fishing boats on the beach in Sheringham (Author: GIFS Researcher Photography)
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 10 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | ||
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 10 [2] | |
| 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 | Sheringham FLAG | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | North Norfolk | |
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | Sheringham Fishermen's Association | |
| Branding | Brand labels | ||
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmonger: Joyful West's Shellfish Bar, 23 High St, Sheringham, NR26 8JP | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Richard's Fish Shop, 21b Church St, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8QR | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | ||
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | ||
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | Cromer and Sheringham's Crab and Lobster Festival | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | -Fishermen’s Heritage Centre, West Cliff, Sheringham, NR26 8JT -Sheringham Museum, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8BG | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | ||
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | ||
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | ||
- Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels
- Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels
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