Kings Lynn
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Kings Lynn
- Administrative Port: Grimsby
- County: Norfolk
- Population: 46,093
King's Lynn is a sea port and market town in the county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is situated 97 miles (156 km) north of London. King's Lynn has always been a centre for the fishing and seafood industry (especially inshore prawns, shrimps and cockles). There have also been glass-making and small-scale engineering works (many fairground and steam engines were built here), and today, it is still the location for much agricultural-related industry including food processing.
- Picture: Fishing boats of Kings Lynn (Author: GIFS Researcher Photography)
- Video: Kings Lynn Shrimp boat (1960's). "Men on board a small commercial fishing boat from Kings Lynn are seen cleaning and boiling shrimps, using traditional equipment that has clearly seen long use."
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 61 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 17 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | ||
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 231 | |
| 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 | Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), 6 North Lynn Business Village, Bergen Way, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 2JG | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | ||
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | King's Lynn Fishing Industry Co-Operative, Trues Yard, North Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1QW | |
| Branding | Brand labels | ||
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmonger: Donaldsons, Austin Fields, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1PH | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Cole's of King's Lynn, Unit 15–19, East Coast Business Park, Clenchwarton Road, West Lynn, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE34 3LW | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | ||
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | ||
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | ||
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | -True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, North Street, Kings Lynn, PE30 1QW -The King's Lynn Maritime Trail | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | ||
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | The Beautiful Star - memorial to eight Scottish Fishermen who drowned on the Norfolk Coast in the November Gale, 1875 | |
| 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
