Does it refer to boatyards as well as to slipways used by fishermen in the maintenance of their craft and by small boat builders and fishing boat repairers?
That means that there must be a minimum of new boat orders going into the boatyards, so that they can play their part in the restructuring that must come.
The boatyards will close down.
We must ensure that our boatyards, on which the industry depends for repairs and alterations, are kept functioning.
Unhappily, the result is that order books in the four boatyards in my constituency are thinly occupied, if order books can be thinly occupied.
It is about to embark on a big one in a former boatyard.
The construction of this vessel was a commercial transaction between the buyer—the fisherman—and the seller—the boatyard.
For instance, one small boatyard in my constituency has already closed.
