East Coast Fishing

‘East Coast Fishing is a vivid, visual portrait of those working in what is left of the fishing communities. The photographs and the words come together so well, thanks to John, who has followed the lives of the coastal fishing communities for the voice of the industry, Fishing News, for more than 20 years.’ – Eastern Daily Press Online, July 2025‘The book’s compelling word-and-picture portraits of individual fishermen serve as a counterpoint to the dispiriting analysis of the pressures on the inshore fleet, and a manifesto for the need to support and preserve it.’ – Fishing News, August 2025‘John Worrall has captured some excellent scenes for this landscape collection and while there are many cautionary tales of the modern state of east coast fishing, there are some who are successful with honed down operations.’ – Best of British Magazine, September 2025

John Worrall is a photographer based in East Anglia. He has published photographic books on the landscape of East Anglia, travel books and a novel and has also documented for many years the lives of coastal fishing communities along the East Coast of England for the voice of the industry magazine Fishing News for over 20 years, the last decade as its East of England correspondent.