Commerce and culture thumb|300px|Stonehaven Harbour Historically the chief commerce of Stonehaven lay in fishing. Led by the herring fishery, the catch peaked around the year 1894 with a peak catch of about 15 million fish per annum and employment in the fishing industry of 1280 people. Due to overfishing to serve the expanding regional population, the fishing industry declined with diminishing catches, such that by 1939 only a remnant of the earlier fishing fleet continued to exist, and the catch mostly supported the local population from that point onward. Glenury distillery was situated near Mineralwell park, and closed in 1985.
commerce and culture thumb|300px|stonehaven harbour historically the chief commerce of stonehaven lay in fishing led by the herring fishery the catch peaked around the year 1894 with a peak catch of about 15 million fish per annum and employment in the fishing industry of 1280 people due to overfishing to serve the expanding regional population the fishing industry declined with diminishing catches such that by 1939 only a remnant of the earlier fishing fleet continued to exist and the catch mostly supported the local population from that point onward glenury distillery was situated near mineralwell park and closed in 1985