 Fishing Boats Moored in Bridlington Harbour | |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Coastline | Yorkshire Coast |
| EEZ area | United Kingdom |
| Shelf area | United Kingdom |
| MPA area | Runswick Bay Holderness Inshore Holderness Offshore |
| Employment | 6,500 (2017)[note 1] |
| Landing sites | |
| Fisheries GDP | £16 million (2017) |
The Yorkshire coast fishery has long been part of the Yorkshire economy for centuries. The 114-mile (183 km) Yorkshire Coast, from the River Tees to the Humber estuary, has many ports both small and large where the fishing trade thrives. The historic ports at Hull and Whitby are important locations for the landing and processing of fish and shellfish. Scarborough and Bridlington are also sites of commercial fishing.
The fishing industry has been in decline since the mid to late 20th century due to labour problems, fishing quotas and decommissioning schemes. Bridlington is the largest shellfish port in Europe with regular exports abroad which are mostly to European countries.
The Yorkshire and The Humber statistical region[note 2] is the second largest fishing industry in the United Kingdom (after Scotland) in terms of the number of people who work in the industry.
- ^ Ares, Elena; Rhodes, Chris; Ward, Matthew (December 2017). "The UK Fishing Industry" (PDF). researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk. p. 5. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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