The fishing delegation reveals that they want to build and develop its own fishing heritage centre and so they arrive on Wednesday to look at Grimsby’s National Fishing Heritage Centre which has been attracting thousands of visitors since it opened over 20 years ago. But it also hoped that the port of Grimsby can forge fishing links with their Dutch counterparts at the same time.
Teun van der Lee from Urk who also supplies fish to one of two Grimsby based processors, has requested the visit and contacted Steve Norton, chief executive of the Grimsby Fish Merchants Association, with a view to arranging a visit. Steve told that he knew Teun for over 25 years and showed him their fishing heritage centre, which is now famous around the country and indeed overseas.
He added that the visit is a good opportunity to develop a closer working relationship with an important fishing port and community almost on our doorstep. The delegation will also visit the Ross Tiger, a traditional Grimsby trawler which is now part of the heritage centre, the Humber Seafood Institute and the Five Star fish plant. Urk is an extremely traditional fisheries community, home to both a large beam-trawl fleet and the Netherlands’ largest fish auction (also one of Europe’s largest).
