Views of the fishing boats in Mevagissey harbour.
SEASCAPE Mevagissey harbour The current harbour is built on the site of a medieval quay. The first Act of Parliament allowing the new port to be built was passed in 1774. The inner harbour, consisting of the current East and West Quays, was constructed from this time. An outer harbour was added in 1888, but seriously damaged in a blizzard in 1891. The outer walls were rebuilt by 1897. The harbour was given charitable trust status in 1988. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stationed a lifeboat at Portmellon in 1869, but in 1888 moved it to Mevagissey. It was kept afloat in the harbour for a few years but in 1896 was moved into a purpose-built concrete boat house. The following year a new boat, the James Chisholm (RNLI number 403), was installed. This operated until 1930 when the station was closed. The neighbouring station at Fowey had recently been equipped with a motor lifeboat and this could cover the coast around Mevagissey. The old boat house has since been used as an aquarium; that at Portmellon has been converted into a house. In 1880 there were around sixty fishing-boats engaged in the mackerel fishery and herring and pilchards are also important fisheries. There are currently 63 registered fishing vessels in the harbour worked by 69 fishermen.[citation needed] The harbour also offers tourist fishing trips and there is a regular summer passenger ferry to Fowey.
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Location: Mevagissey, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Malcolm S Firth. BA(Hons)ARPS / Alamy / Afripics
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