Bideford

Bideford

Administrative Port: Plymouth

County: Devon

Population: 17107

Bideford is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. Historically, Bideford was one of Britain's largest ports however today its economy is centred around retail. In addition to this, a small fishing fleet still works out of this small port town today.

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Background information
Fishing Fleet	Vessel type 1	10
Fishing Fleet	Vessel type 2	3
Fishing Fleet	Vessel type 3
Fishing Fleet	Vessels total	13
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	Bideford FLAG
Governance and organisation	FLAG	North Devon
Governance and organisation	Location of fishermen's organisations	North Devon Fishermen's Association, Quo Vadis House, Slade, Bideford, Devon, EX39 3LZ
Branding	Brand labels
Fish as food	Fish selling	Farmer's market Dan the Fish Man
Fish as food	Fish processing
Fish as food	Restaurants/hotels	Red Lion Hotel Harbour Restaurant, Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5TF
Tourism & Education	Tourism & Fishing
Tourism & Education	Festivals	Bideford Fishing Festival
Tourism & Education	Fishing museums	Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Kingsley Road, Bideford, Devon. EX39 2QQ
Tourism & Education	Aquariums
Tourism & Education	Monuments	Planned monument for future
Tourism&Education	Fishing training School

Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels

Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels

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