St Ives
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St Ives
- Administrative Port: Newlyn
- County: Cornwall
- Population: St Ives
St Ives is a seaside town and port in Cornwall, England. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. In medieval times St Ives was the most important fishing port on the north coast, and in the 18th and 19th century witnessed huge landings of pilchards. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial emphasis and the town is now primarily a popular holiday resort, notably achieving the title of Best UK Seaside Town from the British Travel Awards in both 2010 and 2011.[1]
- Picture: Fishing boats on beach in St Ives (Author: GIFS Researcher Photography)
- Video: Sustainable fishing in St Ives.
| Background information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 1 | 32 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessel type 2 | 0 | |
| Fishing Fleet | Vessels total | 32 [2] | |
| Governance and organisation | Governance | St Ives FLAG | |
| Governance and organisation | FLAG | Cornwall | |
| Fish as food | Fish selling | -Direct from fishermen off boat: Taste of St. Ives -Fishmonger: Matthew Stevens, Units 1c & 2, Penbeagle Industrial Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2JH | |
| Fish as food | Fish processing | Matthew Stevens, Units 1c & 2, Penbeagle Industrial Estate, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2JH | |
| Fish as food | Restaurants/hotels | -Porthminister Café, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2EB -Onshore, Wharf Road, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1LF | |
| Tourism & Education | Tourism & Fishing | Dolly P Boat Trips, Outside the Lifeboat Station, Wharf Road, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1LF | |
| Tourism & Education | Fishing museums | St. Ives Museum, Wheal Dream, St Ives TR26 1PR, England | |
- Vessel type 1: <10 m vessels
- Vessel type 2: >10 m vessels
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