Spring Creel Boat Bay St Andrews Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Spring travel video of a creel boat in the Bay in the North Sea on visit to St Andrews, Fife. Creel fishing takes place around the Scottish coast. Creeling, and the many shore based services that rely on it, are often the main source of employment in small coastal towns and villages. The boats that make up the inshore creel fishery are small, usually under 30 feet long which means that engine size and weather dictate how far from shore, and how often they can fish. One or two people normally crew a creel boat, one of whom is usually the owner. This is the area in which I was a student in Scotland. Herring fishing was a feature of the area until the mid 20th century when, after a record catch in 1936, the shoals mysteriously declined until the industry effectively disappeared by 1947.

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