Fleetwood Port, the past, the present and a nod to the future.

[@andybrown-tl8rt]

an amazing video about fleetwood fish industry and history

[@alsonberg]

Very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to make and post this video. I wish everyone in Fleetwood the best of luck in resurrecting this once vital industry.

[@brocktherock4441]

Thank you for taking time to watch the documentary.

[@KochADV]

This is absolutely wonderful. Thankyou so much. The UK fishing industry is a mystery to me.. so much opportunity but hamstrung.

[@dannycrooks8462]

Great video

[@brocktherock4441]

Thank you, very much appreciated.

[@barryallcock4882]

A very interesting video. I had a ride round the port yesterday the outer basin is so silted up only half is useable. The now unused fish merchant buildings is a disgrace and needs urgent work.

[@brocktherock4441]

@@barryallcock4882 Thank you , very much appreciated.

[@outdooradventures92]

It would be great to see this as a working port again and see all the foreign boats stopped fishing British waters. It looks horrible the way it is with all the silt. Hopefully with the help of a few dredging boats this can be made into a nice harbour again.

[@brocktherock4441]

Dredging the port is the key to opening the port as a viable operation for trawlers and other big boats. The ironic reality four dredgers are registered to Fleetwood Dock and berthed at the port. They dredge all ports along the west coast of the UK. Why not Fleetwood? The old story who will pay for it? Looking towards the future the prospective new owners have promised to make dredging a priority.

[@outdooradventures92]

@@brocktherock4441 I hope they do 🤞 but they also promised to sort glasson docks out and all they have done is remove the gates so there open permanent now

[@rogersmith568]

What a load of lies the leave lots said. So many gullable people believed them and look at the state of our country, fishing industry, farming etc , mostly destroyed

[@brocktherock4441]

Hopefully, the new processing plants, an auction hall and smoking kiln will kickstart a resurgence in the port once again the flagship of Fleetwood.

[@PaulBlundell-xf6mt]

I just got completely stuffed by Boris Johnson , in Fleetwood , , lost me boat , in lockdown , , , shaggd by the Boris Johnson , , and a.b.p .. shocking. , ..

[@brocktherock4441]

The government talk the talk, but they don't walk the walk. They promised to restore and protect British waters, but nothing has changed. I‘m sorry you lost your boat and livelihood. I can only imagine what it feels like. Having spent months in Fleetwood, talking to fish filleters, fishermen and the people in the town, l understand and realise what fishing means to Fleetwood. Fishing is Fleetwood, those two words are intertwined forever. Away from Fleetwood, in other parts of the UK, they think all fish from Fleetwood is landed there. As the good folk of Fleetwood know over ninety per cent is delivered by lorry from all parts of the UK. How crasy is that? I hope this video makes Flyde Council, and the government, wake up and stop the rot. If the good people of Fleetwood share this video it may help to begin the resurgence of a trawler fleet to be proud of. Bringing jobs, prosperity, hope and pride back to the historic Fleetwood Port.