Plymouth
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Plymouth
- Administrative Port: Plymouth
- County: Cornwall
- Population: 261384
Plymouth is a city on the south coast of Devon, England, about 310 km south-west of London. It is situated between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound. Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port, handling imports and passengers from the Americas. Today Plymouth's economy still has a maritime influence with respect to shipbuilding, but has become a more service-based economy since the 1990s.
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 901 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 27 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 3 | ||
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 1171 | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Demersal (tonnes) | 21972 |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Pelagic (tonnes) | 97812 |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Shellfish (tonnes) | 37702 |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | Main species (tonnes) | |
| Landings | Total Landings (tonnes) | All species (tonnes) | 157482 |
| Landings | Values | Demersal | 5461000£2 |
| Landings | Values | Pelagic | 3470000£2 |
| Landings | Values | Shellfish | 7209000£2 |
| Landings | Values | All species | 16141000£2 |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Regular) | 8772 |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen (Part-time) | 762 |
| Landings | Number of fishermen | Number of fishermen Total | 9532 |
| Landings | Major fish species | Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus); mackerel (Scomber scombrus); crabs; sole (Solea solea); cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis); scallops (Pecten maximus)3 | |
| Landings | Landing points | ||
| Landings | Location of auctions | Plymouth market hall | |
| Governance and organisation | Governance | -Plymouth FLAG -Marine Management Organisation, The Fish Quay, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 0LH | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | Cornwall | |
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | Fishermen’s Mission, Plymouth | |
| Branding | Brand labels | ||
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmongers -The Market Plaice Fish Fish processor shops -Sutton Harbour Fisheries | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | -Sutton Harbour Fisheries -Plymouth Trawler Agents Ltd, Fish Quay, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 0LH | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | Platters Restaurant, 12 The Barbican, Plymouth | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Fishing trip: Fish 'n' Trips | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | -Plymouth Seafood Festival -Plymouth Ocean City Festival | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Plymouth Mayflower Exhibition | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | National Marine Aquarium | |
| Tourism & Education | Monuments | The Plymouth Sea Monster | |
| Tourism&Education | Fishing training School | Western Training Association | |
- 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
2. 2012 data - http://www.marinemanagement.org.uk/fisheries/statistics/annual.htm
3. Source: http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php
