Interview with Robert Quine about the Isle of Man fishing industry
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Date(s): 31 January 1997
Scope & Content: Track 1 and Track 2: Robert Quine of Malew Street, Castletown, talks to Matthew Slate and Laura Copeland about going out on the fishing boat with his father; Derbyhaven boat called the 'Manxie'; fishing for lobster and crab in the summer at Port Erin and the west coast of the Isle of Man; concern that super crabbers boats will impact the fishing grounds; working in all weather; Port Soderick; fishing in Douglas; scallop and queenie fishing; whelks; local committees; callig (pollack); processing fish; fishermen in Castletown; lobster pots; financing fishing; fishing crews; fishing bait; lobsters; Isle of Man Government funding schemes; early years of fishing; sizes and speeds of boats; fishing superstitions.
Administration / Biographical History: Part of ‘Recent changes in the Manx fishing industry, an oral history project' by Matthew P. Slate and Laura Copeland of the Port Erin Marine Laboratory.
Language: English
Extent: 52 min. 8 sec.
Item name: cassette tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0015/18
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