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Commercial Fishing

Fishing at Gunwalloe, 1899

Number	HESFM:1977.1050
Place	Gunwalloe Fishing Cove Cornwall United Kingdom
Date	1899
Keywords	Trades and Professions Commercial Fishing Gunwalloe
Photographer	Unknown
Copyright	© Helston Museum

Fishermen pulling the seine nets aboard at Gunwalloe Fishing Cove, 1899. These fishing net hang vertically in the water with the bottom edge held down by weights and the top edge buoyed by floats.