The American war of independence saw the Guernsey fishing colony fade away as more profitable opportunities opened up, privateering.
In Guernsey the introduction of glasshouses resulted in a growth on eating grapes and then tomato production from Victorian days, when in the 1880,s 10,000 tons were exported annually[REF] until the 1970s, with 60 million tomatoes exported each year in the 1960s to England.