Isle of Wight
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Isle of Wight
- Administrative Port: Poole
- County: Isle of Wight
- Population: 138400
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest of England’s islands, located in the English Channel. The largest industry on the Isle of Wight is tourism, but the island has a strong agricultural and boat building heritage which still exist today.[1]
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 32 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 2 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 34 [2] | |
| Governance and organisation | Location of fishermen's organisations | Needles Fishermen’s Co-operative, Isle of Wight | |
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fishmongers: Bembridge Fish Store, 5 High Street, Bembridge, Isle of Wight PO35 5SD | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Hancock's Fishmongers, 6 Landguard Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, PO37 7JU | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | Crab and Lobster Inn, 32 Forelands Field Road, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, PO35 5TR | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Fishing Trips: Cachalot Charters, Bembridge Marina, Isle of Wight, PO33 1YS | |
| Tourism & Education | Festivals | Isle of Wight Festival of the Sea | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | The Isle of Wight Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum, Arreton Old Village, Arreton, Isle of Wight | |
| Tourism & Education | Aquariums | Fort Victoria Marine Aquarium, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, PO41 0RR | |
- Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels
- Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels
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