Penzance
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Penzance
- Administrative Port: Newlyn
- County: Cornwall
- Population: 21200
Penzance is a town and port in Cornwall, England, and is well known for being the most westerly major town in Cornwall. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel and is bordered to the west by the major fishing port of Newlyn. The economy of Penzance has, like those of many Cornish communities, suffered from the decline of the traditional industries of fishing, mining and agriculture. Penzance now has a mixed economy consisting of light industrial, tourism and retail businesses.[1]
- Picture: Fishing boats at low tide in Penzance (Author: GIFS Researcher Photography)
- Video: Penzance Pilchard Fishing Industry (1949)
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 4 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 4 [2] | |
| Governance and organisation | Governance | -Penzance FLAG -Marine Management Organisation, St Clare Offices, St Clare Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 3QW -Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), St Clare Offices, St Clare Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 3QW | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | Cornwall | |
| Fish as food | Fish selling | Fish monger: Mousehole Fish, Albert Street, TR18 2LR | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Mousehole Fish, Albert Street, TR18 2LR | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | The Bay, Briton's Hill, Penzance, TR18 3AE | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Fishing trip -Mermaid Pleasure Trips -Celtic Fox | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4HE | |
- Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels
- Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels
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