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Alligin / Beinn Dearg / Baosbheinn and Beinn an Eoin / Loch
Maree and Loch Ewe (1-4) The Fairy
Lochs / Gairloch beach / Beinn Airigh Charr / Inveran
(5-8) Badachro (21-24) Gairloch Pier / Fishing boats / Red Point
salmon fishing station Kerry
Fish Farm / Loch Garbhaig hydro scheme / Gairloch Quarry
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(777737, east)
Badachro (7873) is an attractive village with good sheltered moorings for yachts. For these reasons it has a large number of second homes and holiday homes so during the winter it is very quiet and almost deserted. The Gairloch area is sometimes chosen by people for their retirement and because of this and the out-migration of younger people seeking jobs, the percentage of elderly is higher than the average for the rest of the country.
Section D: industry
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(805736, north)
Fishing has always been important to the economy of Gairloch. In the 1860s, Badachro (7873) was one of the biggest herring ports in Scotland. Gairloch pier (807748) is now the centre of fishing in the area. It is located in a sheltered part of Loch Gairloch and has recently been extended to help develop the industry. Immediately behind the pier, in the centre of the photograph, is the fish factory where the crabs, prawns and lobsters landed at the pier are processed before dispatch, mostly to France or Spain. The factory employs between 20 and 35 people depending on the amount of shellfish to be processed.
[There have been changes in the fish processing industry in Gairloch though it continues to operate similarly to the facts given.]
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(806750, southeast)
This is a view of Gairloch pier taken in the evening. Fishing boats from the east coast ports, such as Buckie, operate out of Gairloch along with west coast registered boats. These catch shellfish by dragging a net along the seabed, a method known as trawling. They operate in the Minches, returning to Gairloch or one of the other west coast ports to unload their catch.
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(738672, southeast)
Around the coast can be found salmon fishing stations such as this one (739672) near Red Point. It is worked during the summer months by five people who put out nets in which the salmon are trapped. The nets are hung on the wires to be repaired. This view is looking southeast down Loch Torridon with Craig Youth Hostel (774638) somewhere in the distance on the left.
[This is the only salmon fishing station operating in the area and returns have been markedly reduced in recent years.]
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