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Peterhead: Fisher Jessie statue
Peterhead: Fisher Jessie statue Fisher Jessie, statue in the town centre of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scot.

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Peterhead fish market 'shout auction' to be replaced • Nov. 27, 2024, 12:14 AM ET (BBC)

Peterhead, town and fishing port, council area and historic county of Aberdeenshire. Peterhead is the most easterly town in Scotland. Founded in 1593, it developed as a port and functioned briefly as a fashionable 18th-century spa. By the early 19th century it had become the chief British whaling centre. Fishing for herring later assumed primary importance but declined in favour of whitefish to supply local fish-processing plants. It remains one of Britain’s most important fishing ports. Food processing and light engineering were the town’s main industries until the 1970s, when exploitation of the North Sea oil fields boosted the town’s economy. Pop. (2001) 18,050; (2011) 18,540.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Jeff Wallenfeldt.