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Monday 20 June 2011

Pelagic port - Bonito tuna, mackerel and Cornish sardines.

Gourmet dining.........
the fair's in town for Golowan Festival........
low water at Wherry Town boating pool........
apparently so, look out Tuesday evening.........
spider time..........
in a case of mass insomnia, the boys from IFCA were up well early this morning measuring brown crab from the Intuition........
as the boat landed to a waiting vivier lorry.......
a bongo at a time........
this can only be done when the vivier aboard the boat has been pumped dry.......
down the quay there's an unusual set of beam trawl gear not seen in these parts before.......
aboard the Troon registered Solea..........
very light gear hanging from a hydrofoil type beam........
first time the market has seen any quantity of Bonito tuna........
created some interest from the buyers.......
and an intrigued Ollie ponders the species in question.......
early season Sardina Pilchardus.........
and a good weekend's work for the mackerel fleet.......
with the might megrim currently topping the list of flat fish being championed by many for ethical fishing reasons given the healthy state of the stock........
the Gallic prawn boats will be pulling aboard good lifts of prawns at the moment judging by the number of boxes the beams are catching!