Fish Tales

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  • Drawing of a fishing boat on the slip.
  • Drawing of the fish harbour.
  • Drawing of an engineer working in his workshop.
  • Drawing of a man cutting out the fishing nets.
  • Drawing of the ice chute and welding shed.

The over-fishing of our oceans is an issue we have all become increasingly aware of in recent years. These drawings are part of an on-going project that aims to document the decline of Newlyn’s once-thriving fishing industry and to record the real impact of a global problem on the local area.