Interview with Tim Croft, Island Seafare Limited, about fishing industry
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Date(s): 9 December 1996
Creator(s): Port Erin Marine Laboratory
Scope & Content: Interview with Tim Croft, owner of Island Seafare. He talks about queen scallop stocks; benefits of legislation to protect the industry; staffing his business; 3 mile fishing and 12 mile fishing; grant lead scheme; thoughts on Scottish vessels fishing within Manx waters; SW Scottish processing facilities; differences between winter and summer fishing; other processors on the island; busiest months and labour shortages; majority of fish stock do not get processed on island due to labour shortage; modern mechanical processing of scallops; Argentina, China, supply US market using high production machinery for lower cost; herring fished by Irish and Scottish and processed in Manx kipper yards; thoughts and opinions on more help from the Government; no longer a priority for Manx produce, more a price issue causing prices to even out generally; personally, Croft would like to get back to fishing; and he describes how fishing has changed, becoming more mechanised.
Language: English
Extent: 32 min. 43 sec.
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0015/16
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