Newlyn

50.1060° N, 5.5490° W

About

NEWLYN

You can hardly go much further west. The fishing port of Newlyn sits in the lee of Land’s End, with the fishing grounds of the Channel and the western approaches on its doorstep. Newlyn has a reputation for wild weather and big fishing, and is home to a fleet of beam trawlers, stern trawlers, potting boats and ring-netters, as well as the netting fleet that pursues high-quality hake, pollock, turbot and monkfish across fishing grounds from deep south of Ireland to far out into the Channel.

HARBOUR Stats

CO-ORDINATES: 50.1060° N, 5.5490° W
LOCATION: Newlyn, Cornwall
, England
INDUSTRIAL PORT SINCE 1425 centre of pilchards fishery
NEWLYN FLEET consists of beam trawlers, stern trawlers, potting boats and ring-netters.
LANDING MIXED FISH including hake, pollock, turbot and monkfish

ALL CHANGE

Like most fishing ports, Newlyn has seen changes as its traditional fishery for pilchards declined, while the trawler fleet with its less seasonal year-round fishery became more prominent in the port’s activities. In the meantime, the pilchard fishery returned, supporting a small fleet of ring-netters fishing off the South-West.

 

FISHING COMMUNITY

The port is home to a variety of suppliers, including fishing gear and engineering companies, a slipway operated by the port authority, a venture recycling used fishing gear into high-quality filaments, and a variety of processing and wholesale companies that rely on landings made to port. As well as looking after its own fleet, Newlyn is also an important landing point for fishing vessels from other parts of the country and abroad, with Scottish scallopers and prawn trawlers using it as a base for part of the year.

Newlyn is a colourful place, with a lively reputation as a destination for holidaymakers during the summer months. Some excellent seafood restaurants are gaining in popularity, where Cornish seafood can be enjoyed.

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