Newlyn quotes ACW .pdf

WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY ?
A selection of responses recorded during the course of the exhibition in Newlyn
Very sadly in decline unless the government stands up for local industry.
Newlyn resident

Uncertain, but will evolve into a smaller efficient Newlyn fleet, I’m sure.
Newlyn resident and ex fisheries officer

What future!
Fisherman’s wife

Good at present, but no youth in the industry.
Fisherman

Very vulnerable – too much fighting/politics and not enough grasp of the need to harness a sustainable resource.
Newlyn resident

It can survive if the government and Brussels see sense and allow the fishermen to control the stocks
by forming ‘sensible’ boxes within spawning grounds.
Newlyn resident, involved in the industry

Not good – we have greedily depleted the world’s stock of fish.
Newlyn resident

Sad. Common Market regulations are crippling.
Visitor to Cornwall

I am sure there is a future but maybe not as we know it today.
Newlyn resident involved in the industry

Concerned. It seems incredible that the fishing industry is so precarious when it is so important.
Newlyn resident

Sadly, I feel, due to fish quotas and rewards for de-commissioning boats, fuel prices etc. it’s dying.
Newlyn resident

Although there is a great demand out there for the quality food that is fish, the government is doing
very little to help and safeguard the industry. It reflects its lack of understanding of the countryside too.
Visitor to Cornwall

Dire. Terrible waste of fish due to the quota system.
Newlyn resident

Government needs to listen to the fishermen on what’s to be done.
Involved in the industry

Precarious if foreign boats are allowed to break the rules and locals are not.
Newlyn resident

It will survive, but not in its present form. The government (of any colour) DOES NOT CARE.
Fisherman

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WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TO NEWLYN
IF THE BRITISH FISHING INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO DECLINE ?
A selection of responses recorded during the course of the exhibition in Newlyn
Will lose its identity.
Visitor to Cornwall

Not something I wish to contemplate.
Involved in the industry

It will turn into a tourist attraction for the wrong reasons.
Fisherman’s wife

It’s already had a massive impact on families and can only get worse.
Involved in the industry

It is getting to be extinct and will be the ruining of Newlyn.
Newlyn resident

It will have to move with the times and diversify.
Newlyn resident

Dread to think!! It will have a massive effect on the community.
Penwith resident

It would be very sad for Newlyn. It is tragic that the Pilchard Factory has closed.
Visitor to Cornwall

It’ll change from an industrial village to another Mevagissey/Mousehole, or it’ll become
a Cornish retirement community.
Newlyn resident

It will become a yuppie second home village like most of Cornwall’s pretty places, to the detriment of the locals.
Newlyn resident

I sense that by moving towards a more marina based economy, Newlyn is jumping before it is pushed.
I believe this is a mistake and that the port should be developed as a viable centre of excellence in the industry.
Visitor to Cornwall

Could be a great future, but I fear it won’t be without a change from parochial fishing politics and nimbyism.
Newlyn resident

More foreign boats will use the port. The local fleet will be composed of mostly small vessels.
Fisherman

It will become a ghost town, businesses will close, and souls will be lost to alcohol and the past.
Fisherman’s daughter

It will be the death of it.
Penwith resident

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