The seafood industry in Shetland is currently worth £300 million a year to the islands and surpasses the value of the oil, gas, agriculture, tourism, and creative industries combined. Fishing has supported generation after generation of Shetlander, protecting our rural communities and remaining an integral part of our island lives.
Last weekend saw the 25th anniversary of the opening of The Shetland Catch, Europe’s largest pelagic fish processing plant. To celebrate they hosted an Open Day where their processing facilities, two modern pelagic vessels and one restored sailing herring drifter The Swan, built in 1900, were open for viewing. Once there were 400 wooden fishing boats like The Swan fishing off the coast of Shetland, there are now 12 pelagic vessels.
This photo of ropes was taken on one of the modern pelagic vessels. Their old, frayed look struck me for some reason.
Linking up with PODcast’s weekly Alphabet Photography Challenge. This week F is for the Fishing Industry. To learn more about Shetland’s fishing industry visit So Much to Sea.
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It seems that the rope is older than me =) Awesome picture!
What an evocative picture.
I thought so too. It stopped me in my tracks and I had to photograph it.
I love this photo. Always find something rather intriguing about not seeing an image in its entirety. Thank you so much for sharing with #alphabetphoto and hope your trip was good 🙂
Thanks Charly 🙂 My trip was fantastic! Now to blog the adventure….!
Fascinating shot, it shows the hard life at sea
Thank you 🙂
Well used tool of the trade. Fraying but still useful. A testimony to the harshness of the job. Nice choice. #AlphabetPhoto
Thank you 🙂
What a great shot, so sad to hear that the fleet has reduced so dramatically #alphabetphoto
The fleet has reduced but the catch is so much bigger with these fancy pelagic boats. They really are very posh inside!
Love this photo, the composition and the texture are wonderful x #alphabetphoto
Thank you! I really appreciate your feedback. I know so very little about photography so your comment is very encouraging, thank you x
That rope have been through a lot and it shows. Ragged. So many stories to tell. #alphabetphoto
I wish I knew what stories they were. Sometimes the rope looks really cold and tired!
What a brilliant shot! Sometimes a microcosm feature – such as this – gives you a much better feel for the whole picture.
Thank you Kriss 🙂
I love the look of old rope too – isn’t it peculiar! But it is the small details like this that draw my eye!
There are so many untold stories hidden in an old tattered rope. I found an old mooring rope discarded up the hill awhile back and turned it into a small fence for my garden. Lovely textures.
If only the rope could talk, hey? 🙂 great picture
Thank you 🙂 I wonder what stories it would tell…