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Findochty by 1890. Findochty harbour is now used mostly by pleasure craft and is a good sun spot when the tide is out. A local artist, Correna Cowie, created a statue in 1959 of a seated fisherman, known as
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Scottish fishing industry over the last 30 – 40 years and the area's relative proximity to
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