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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
After the Bank Holiday weekend, a rush of boats land to the market - end- to end with fish.
Poetry in motion, these days the grading machine makes lught work of bulk fish...
and with the amount being caught by the bigger boats in the fleet...
speed is of the essence...
as the fish are graded on the way down the flip conveyor - the name is derived from an obvouis source...
the biggest boats in the fleet like the St George...
and the Cornishman...
while inshore boats like the hand line boat, Sea Spary make a landing of glistening pollack...
and the Tracey Claire unloads another top-drawer haul...
closely watched
shining bright, the eyes of the Govenek of Ladram's hake from the port's biggest gill netter
and right on topic, there's still plenty of bug cod on the ground...
almost the Irish Flag!....
the flashing blade of skipper Smith in action...
one yacht up on the hard, time for a hull check and a few jobs like anti-fouling and replacing anodes...
a night's rest for the inshore traweer
not so for the Crystal Sea II which judging by the state of the trawl on the quay will be stuck in to the mending needles!...
familiar name spotted in port again!