Hartland Point to North Foreland / Mike Smylie.

"Since Britain joined the European Economic Community in the mid-1970s, the fishing industry along our coasts has been under pressure due to overfishing. Mike Smylie takes us on a tour of England's South Coast, giving us an insight into life in the harbours where the mackerel once shoaled, and from where you could formerly walk over the hundreds of fishing boats that were travelling to coastal inlets. Each area of the coast had unique boats and methods of catching fish. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the fishing industry from Hartland Point to North Foreland has changed and developed over the last century. Mike Smylie tells us of the fishermen and women on shore and at sea, of the harbours, boats and methods used to catch fish. He also documents the changes and the decline of the industry, since the days when it employed thousands. Covering the English Channel, Mike Smylie brings the pilchard and lobster industries to life, as well as looking at the unique fishing boats to be found all along this stretch of the English coast."--Provided by the publisher.