Colour photograph of a Tiree regatta.
Tiree regatta in the mid-1990s.
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Lobster boat and dinghy at Scarinish pier
Photograph of a lobster boat and dinghy at Scarinish pier in July 2000.
Tiree may be known as Tìr an Eòrna, the land of barley, but the abundance of shellfish on its shores must have been one of the attractions that brought the first men to the island 7,000 years ago. In the 19th century, dried ling and cod were a major export from the island.
Today the lobster and crab fishery is Tiree’s second biggest earner with an estimated annual catch worth £750,000. By comparison, in 2004 crofting was estimated to be worth £730,000 to the island with a further £680,000 coming in subsidy.
Currently five boats fish out of Tiree for velvet crabs (deiseagan) and brown crabs (crùban or partan) which sell for 50-70 pence a kilo. ‘Deiseagan’ are particularly prized in Spain where they are cut in half and the body contents picked out whole with a spoon.
Colour photograph of Scarinish harbour in July 2000.
Lobster boat and dinghy at Scarinish pier in July 2000.
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Colour photograph of Donald MacIntyre, Gott in July 2000.
Donald MacIntyre of Gott in a sailing dinghy at Scarinish pier during a regatta in July 2000.
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Colour photograph of Bruce Kemp of Balinoe in 2000.
Bruce Kemp of Balinoe in the bow of the `Ros` during a Tiree regatta in July 2000 with windsurfers in the background.
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Colour photograph of the `Eilean Thiriodh` and a windsurfer during the July 2000 regatta.
The `Eilean Thiriodh` crewed by Donald Iain Kennedy, David Hepburn and Duncan MacArthur catching up with a windsurfer during the July 2000 regatta.
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Colour photograph of Iain MacDonald and Mark MacArthur in 2000.
Iain MacDonald and Mark MacArthur in the `Katie` during a Tiree regatta in July 2000.
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Colour photograph of Donald MacIntyre in the `Isabella` in 2000.
Donald MacIntyre in the `Isabella` entering Scarinish harbour during a Tiree regatta in July 2000.
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Colour photograph of Donald Iain Kennedy, Duncan MacArthur and David Hepburn in 2000.
Donald Iain Kennedy, Duncan MacArthur and David Hepburn, the crew of the `Eilean Thiriodh`, in Scarinish harbour after a Tiree regatta in July 2000.
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Ship`s wheel from the schooner `Mary Stewart`, the remains of which are still visible in Scarinish Harbour.
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Black and white photograph of Gott Bay pier in the 1920s.
The ferry at Gott Bay pier from a small photograph album from Silversands dating from the late 1920s.
