Ring net fishing boats

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

22212

Title

Ring net fishing boats 'Euphemia' and 'Boy David' in Newhaven Harbour

Description

Black and white negative; good condition. Fishing boats in Newhaven Harbour with fishermen on board. There are people watching from pier in lower right corner.

Date

1925

Size

5.5 x 5.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Museum of Edinburgh

Accession number

Ref 4.151 C162/3.

Many forms of trawling were the subject of dispute when they were first introduced. When ring net was first introduced in the Firth of Forth in 1884, it was no different. Ring netting was the method used to catch sprats by many south east coast fishermen until well into the 1970s.

This photograph shows several fishing boats tied up in Newhaven Harbour. They are ringnetters and usually worked in pairs. In the centre is the 'Euphemia' with the 'Boy David' to her left. Both were owned by Newhaven fisherman David Brand and fished for sprats in the Firth of Forth from October to March.

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Agriculture and fisheries > Processes > Fishing

Landscape > Water > Harbours

People > Adults > Men

People > Agriculture and fisheries > Fishermen

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newhaven

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Water > Boats