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Newlyn fish market could move to a different location to come into line
with high quality standards, as part of the port's multi-million pound
regeneration scheme. Newlyn fisheries project officer Tony Woodhams said:
"The fish market must be developed in the shortest possible time-scale
and a feasibility study is now being put together that will give Newlyn
harbour commissioners an opportunity to take a view on how they generate
their business.
"Their sole aim is to hold the dues payable on fish landed to the
market at two per-cent.
"If they can keep the dues at that level, they will keep the fleet
here. But if it rises then it may be the straw that break's the camel's
back and some boats may move away."
He added: "For that reason they have to look at other ways of generating
revenue, either from leisure or more efficient use of the business properties
that they already have, and that may mean moving the fish market."
It is envisaged that the historic port will be transformed within the
next eight to ten years.
The wide-ranging project, which could cost in the region of £67m,
amounts to the major environmental improvement to a town that, in recent
times, has become the most valuable fishing port in England and Wales,
with an annual catch valued at around £19 million.
The proposed regeneration plans are centred around the need for major
changes to the harbour.
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