Traditional Sea Fishing
Photos of traditional sea fishermen including the shrimp fishermen and haalf netters of Morecambe Bay.
Lobster pots and ropes on Broomhill Quay, Warkworth Harbour, Amble in Northumberland.
Lobster pots and ropes on Broomhill Quay, Warkworth Harbour, Amble in Northumberland.
Trawling nets with floats and rockhoppers beside the harbour at Amble in Northumberland.
Trawling nets with floats and rockhoppers at Warkworth Harbour, Amble in Northumberland.
A shrimping trailer on Sandgate Marsh at Cark in Cartmel, Cumbria.
Traditional shrimping trailers with pull-out arms for attaching nets at Flookburgh on the South Cumbria Coast.
Traditional shrimping trailers with pull-out arms for attaching nets at Flookburgh on the South Cumbria Coast.
Flookburgh fishermen ready to go shrimp fishing with tractors and special trailers at low tide in Morecambe Bay.
Flookburgh fishermen ready to go shrimp fishing with tractors and trailers in Morecambe Bay at Flookburgh in Cumbria.
Shrimp fishing in Morecambe Bay at Flookburgh in Cumbria.
Laying the shrimp nets.
Shrimp fishing in Morecambe Bay at Flookburgh in Cumbria.
Gathering in the nets.
Flookburgh fisherman, Steve Manning, trawling for shrimps on a tractor in Morecambe Bay.
Flookburgh fisherman Steve Manning points out a stinging weever fish that was caught in the shrimp nets on Morecambe Bay.
Fisherman, Steve Manning releasing a plaice from a gill-net on the sands of Morecambe Bay,
Flookburgh fisherman, Steve Manning attending his drop-nets (gill-nets) on the sands of Morecambe Bay, Cumbria.
Shrimp fishing in Morecambe Bay at Flookburgh in Cumbria. Returning home over the sands of Morecambe Bay.
Shrimping tractor returning home over the sands of Morecambe Bay to Flookburgh in Cumbria.
Grading Morecambe Bay shrimps according to size at Flookburgh in Cumbria.
Fisherman cooking shrimps, cockles and weever fish in a large boiler.
A tray of boiled Morecambe Bay shrimps, ready for preparing and potting, Flookburgh, in Cumbria.