Welcome to Through the Gaps, the UK fishing industry's most comprehensive information and image resource. Newlyn is England's largest fish market and where over 50 species are regularly landed from handline, trawl, net, ring net and pot vessels including #MSC Certified #Hake, #Cornish Sardine, handlined bass, pollack and mackerel. Art work, graphics and digital fishing industry images available from stock or on commission.
Heading out on exercise, the Paul Alexander raises her bow....... and passes one of the new Tamar class boats..... followed closely by Penlee's Beth Sell...... as relief boat, Edward and Barbara Pridmore makes her way to the gaps..... the exercise begins in earnest...... with the sardine shoals currently anywhere between the Runnelstone and the Longhsips the ring netters are having to leave town early in order to get to the grounds in time to shoot..... the Pride of Cornwall begins to make way...... as the inshore trawler Harvest Reaper arrives...... if you can't stand the heat....... two of a kind, the Pilchard Works fleet on the Canner's Slip....... ever keen to raise their green credentials, Marco's boys aboard the Dom Bosco, one of the the Rowse fleet, are now pressure-washing their fleet of pots before shooting them back.......... plenty of advice is available for free down the quay.
With owners Ocean Fish having just joined forces with Buccaneer Boats of Hayle the future looks bright, if not orange as, possibly nudging a knot or so over the harbour speed limit, the satsuma coloured sardine slayer Resolute powers her way past the marina berths..... all hands on deck aboard the Crystal Sea II....... as she takes fuel from Consols Oils...... aboard the Ajax another fleet of nets comes ashore..... the brand new Myghal makes a peacockesque dash to the market to land in the evening light.
Available on BBCiplayer for the rest of the week, broadcast on Sunday evening gone, BBC's tribute to Keith Floyd whom, amongst other things, made it cool for guys to cook. This was just one of the changes to British culture that the great man made through his ground breaking approach to cooking on TV. Way back in 1984, he predicted that, in the future, chefs would be as celebrated as rock stars and Formula 1 race drivers. Contributions from Marco Pierre White, Sophie Grigson, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstal, Michael Winner, Gary Rhodes, Hester Blumenthall all attest to the man's incredible knowledge of food and wine which, through his award winning shows he passed on to his 'little gastronauts'. Not least of the bonviveur's legacy was his genuine interest in the provenance of ingredients through seeking out local producers wherever he traveled - an experience Newlyn and other Cornish ports were lucky enough to share in on many occasions with the rest of the world.
Thirty nine minutes in, the show finds him battling with a Westerly gale on the North Quay in Newlyn reading an ode to the humble pilchard. Standing in front of an outdoor cooking location, the tribute ends with his own words, "I think I must be one of the luckiest chaps in the whole world, I travel it, I eat it, I drink it, I smell it and I touch it". Millions of his 'gastronauts' must feel that, they too, shared that journey with him.
The beautifully restored Leader is back in town again...... unmissable new black an bright yellow topped tubs on the Lyonessese's there might not be many m,ackerel about but the size of these are verging on 1Kg each..... not often the boys get bass as big as boxes, the NikNak must have been pleased with these guys in his day's work..... a big haul of the finest reds from the Lizard's Scorpio again..... netter's fish fills the western end of the auction hall...... off out the market, a box makes an escape bid..... the Lyonesse is in the swim of Cornish sardines again it seems!
Not for the feint hearted, setting a full set of sails in the harbour can only be attempted in light airs, and so it was on Sunday morning when all hands mustered aboard the Ripple. Already at sea in the Bay was the other St Ives registered lugger, Barnabus and Mount's Bay Lugger Association's very own Happy Return. See a short slideshow of the day's lugger sailing events as they unfolded here.
One fifteen foot Treeve fishing boat for sale in Newlyn, along with...... a Saltram 24 with an iroko cabin...... not forgetting your 10Ho Saab engine and gearbox spares..... and, having bought the boat, you'll also need somewhere to stay when ashore so here is the chance of a room to rent in Newlyn.
For the 1000th blog there are a mixed bag of images taken from in and around Newlyn this Saturday..... first, the Anglian Princess at anchor in a silvery sea....... something anyone who has run into the back of a Land Rover will testify is true.... those black back gulls never miss a chance to scavenge the boxes of frozen bait, if they can, they will..... the Anthony sits quietly against the quayside..... one of the more unusual graphics found on a fishing boat...... taking shape on the New Quay's mini boatyard...... the Pioneer is at anchor watched over by Tom....... part way through some repairs to her hull, the Resurgan is on the slip..... you don't want your blocks to go away when they arrive on Scilly...... on a return trip the Gry Maritha is loaded with scrap metal..... working with green boxes..... and then red...... high-tech gear on the Ellie, remote trawl-door sensors help the skipper see the distance or 'spread' between the doors of his twin-rig prawn gear...... two heads are better than one when it comes to repairing the chain mat on the George Johannes....... back in to land and overhaul her gear, the Tranquility makes the gaps...... and later runs off her bridles in order to check their lengths are still the same, a crucial aspect of trawl rigging...... cutting out hull sections from inside the accommodation of the Resurgan..... and tidying up the 'frames'......
Heading out on exercise, the Paul Alexander raises her bow.......
and passes one of the new Tamar class boats.....
followed closely by Penlee's Beth Sell......
as relief boat, Edward and Barbara Pridmore makes her way to the gaps.....
the exercise begins in earnest......
with the sardine shoals currently anywhere between the Runnelstone and the Longhsips the ring netters are having to leave town early in order to get to the grounds in time to shoot.....
the Pride of Cornwall begins to make way......
as the inshore trawler Harvest Reaper arrives......
if you can't stand the heat.......
two of a kind, the Pilchard Works fleet on the Canner's Slip.......
ever keen to raise their green credentials, Marco's boys aboard the Dom Bosco, one of the the Rowse fleet, are now pressure-washing their fleet of pots before shooting them back..........
plenty of advice is available for free down the quay.
