Monday 30 September 2013
#eatmorefish #hake netting over the Haig Fras
Latest tweet from the Newlyn netter Ajax:
Haig Fras is an isolated, fully submarine bedrock outcrop located in the Celtic Sea, 95 km north west of the Isles of Scilly. It is the only substantial area of rocky reef in the Celtic Sea beyond the coastal margin. It supports a variety of fauna ranging from jewel anemones and Devonshire cup coral near the peak of the outcrop to encrusting sponges, crinoids and ross coral towards the base of the rock (where boulders surround its edge) (Rees, 2000). The rock is granite, mostly smooth with occasional fissures. The rocky outcrop is approximately 45 km long and in one area rises to a peak which lies just 38 m beneath the sea surface (Rees, 2000). The surrounding seabed is approximately 100m deep.
Misty Monday morning's market
Top quality turbot tips the scales over 6kg...
taking pride of place...
top tails of monks
megrim...
quality cod...
and big, beautiful bass...
pile 'em high...
Monday's market full of fish...
typical inshore boat...
as the morning mist makes the harbour deathly quiet...
looks like the Starr's matchmaking service has another satisfied customer...
cat and owner look #throughthegaps at Mousehole...
contemporary work from local artists, Gill Watkiss and Bernard Evans with one of his iconic Newlyn Fish auction scenes...
along with an old Newlyn School work, all to go under the hammer at the next David Lay's auction.
Friday 27 September 2013
South West England annual statistics for 2012 #eatmorefish
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) publishes its annual 'UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2012' report this week.
Monkfish make up nearly 28% (£4.2 million) of the total white fish landing in Newlyn
Nelwyn lands £2.678 million pounds more demersal fish than Brixham.
Scallops make up 28% (£4.4 million) of Plymouth's total landings
Cuttlefish make 22% (£6 million) of the total landings for Brixham
Landings by value of all species - in £millions:
The Westcountry fishing industry – vital to the region’s economy – enjoyed another successful year with the value of landings increasing at both large and small ports in 2012, according to official figures.
Brixham saw the largest value catch landed by the UK fleet compared to other ports in England with 15,600 tonnes of fish worth £26.9 million in 2012 – up from £26.1 million in 2011. fishing Latest figures released by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) also showed Plymouth saw the largest quantity of fish landed out of all ports in England.
In all, 15,748 tonnes of fish were put ashore in the city last year worth £16.1 million – £1.9 million more than in 2011.
Main image for Thistle Hotel Exeter Pick Your Perk View details Print voucher Newlyn, the busiest UK administration port for fishing vessels with 610 boats, however saw the value of its fish fall from £22 million in 2011 to £20.2 million last year, even though tonnage rose from 10,309 to 10,741. It’s thought the change could be down to a number of vessels switching from landing at Newlyn to Plymouth and Brixham during the year.
Jim Portus, the chief executive of the South Western Fish Producers’ Organisation, said the rise in business combined with an increase in fish populations boded well for the future.
He said: “2012 was a good year, 2013 has already been pretty good and I am optimistic for next year. “The prize quota fish for everyone is Dover sole because of the high price per kilo it fetches. “But turbot and brill, which are not on quotas, command a similar price and that has been good for our three major ports.”
Overall, UK vessels landed 627,000 tonnes of sea fish, including shellfish, into the UK and abroad with a value of £770 million – a 5% increase in quantity but a 7% decrease in value compared with 2011.
The region’s smaller fishing communities bucked that trend with fish worth a total of £11.6 million landed at Teignmouth, Salcombe, Ilfracombe, Looe, Mevagissey and Weymouth. Looe recorded landings rise by £200,000 to £2.4 million, Ilfracombe by £200,00 to £1.8 million and Salcombe £100,000 to £2.1 million. Figures for the other ports – Mevagissey (£2.2 million), Teignmouth (£0.6 million) and Weymouth (£2.5 million) – remained the same.
Dave Bond has fished out of Looe, on Cornwall’s south coast, for more than 30 years and is chairman of the South West Handline Association. He said last year had been “exceptional” for lemon sole and “very good” for cuttlefish and squid. “Looe is a high quality market with day-caught fish and people have responded to that,” he said yesterday. “The number of restaurants has taken off because of television and they have recognised where they want to source their fish.”
Story courtesy of the Western Mornig News:
The report includes detailed figures on the UK fishing fleet, the number of fishermen, the quantity and value of landings, international trade and the state of key fishing stocks.
The quantity of fish has increased, while the value has decreased, primarily due to a reduction in the average price of pelagic fish, driven by a fall in the market prices of mackerel.
The report highlights that in 2012:
- UK vessels landed 627,000 tonnes of sea fish (including shellfish) into the UK and abroad with a value of £770 million – a 5 per cent increase in quantity but a 7 per cent decrease in value compared with 2011.
- Landings of demersal fish increased by 1 per cent between 2011 and 2012, although the quantity has fallen by 24 per cent since 2002. Haddock – the highest caught demersal species landed by UK vessels – rose by nearly a fifth from 2011 to 35,000 tonnes. Pelagic and shellfish landings both increased by 7 per cent since 2011.
- Shellfish accounted for the largest share in terms of value (39 per cent). Demersal fish accounted for 34 per cent (down from 47 per cent in 2002) and pelagic fish accounted for 27 per cent.
- Shellfish also had the majority of landings by the UK fleet into England, Wales and Northern Ireland while pelagic fish had the highest share of landings into Scotland.
- The UK fishing fleet remained the sixth largest in the EU in terms of vessel numbers, with the second largest capacity and fourth largest power. 6,406 fishing vessels were registered with a total capacity of 201,000 GT and total power of 804,000 kilowatts.
- 69 per cent of the quantity landed by the UK fleet was caught by vessels over 24 metres in length – 4 per cent of the total number of UK vessels.
- Around 12,450 fishermen were reported as active in the UK. Of these, around 2,200 were part-time.
- Scottish vessels accounted for 58 per cent of the quantity of landings by UK vessels while English vessels accounted for 30 per cent. Peterhead remained the port with the highest landings – 106,000 tonnes.
- Imports of fish and processed fish rose to 754,000 tonnes, a 5 per cent increase from 2011. Over the same period, exports increased by 7 per cent to 466,000 tonnes.
- World figures for 2011 showed that China caught the largest amount of fish, 13.7 million tonnes. Peru had the second largest catch at 8.2 million tonnes. Indonesia, the United States and Russia each caught between 4.0 and 5.4 million tonnes.
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Demersal (white fish) landings for Plymouth, Brixham and Newlyn in 2012 |
Monkfish make up nearly 28% (£4.2 million) of the total white fish landing in Newlyn
Nelwyn lands £2.678 million pounds more demersal fish than Brixham.
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Plymouth, Brixaham and Newlyn shellfish landings include cuttlefish and squid 2012 |
Cuttlefish make 22% (£6 million) of the total landings for Brixham
Landings by value of all species - in £millions:
Plymouth -£16,141
Brixham - £26,978
Newlyn - £20,267
West fishing industry's boost to the economyThe Westcountry fishing industry – vital to the region’s economy – enjoyed another successful year with the value of landings increasing at both large and small ports in 2012, according to official figures.
Brixham saw the largest value catch landed by the UK fleet compared to other ports in England with 15,600 tonnes of fish worth £26.9 million in 2012 – up from £26.1 million in 2011. fishing Latest figures released by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) also showed Plymouth saw the largest quantity of fish landed out of all ports in England.
In all, 15,748 tonnes of fish were put ashore in the city last year worth £16.1 million – £1.9 million more than in 2011.
Main image for Thistle Hotel Exeter Pick Your Perk View details Print voucher Newlyn, the busiest UK administration port for fishing vessels with 610 boats, however saw the value of its fish fall from £22 million in 2011 to £20.2 million last year, even though tonnage rose from 10,309 to 10,741. It’s thought the change could be down to a number of vessels switching from landing at Newlyn to Plymouth and Brixham during the year.
Jim Portus, the chief executive of the South Western Fish Producers’ Organisation, said the rise in business combined with an increase in fish populations boded well for the future.
He said: “2012 was a good year, 2013 has already been pretty good and I am optimistic for next year. “The prize quota fish for everyone is Dover sole because of the high price per kilo it fetches. “But turbot and brill, which are not on quotas, command a similar price and that has been good for our three major ports.”
Overall, UK vessels landed 627,000 tonnes of sea fish, including shellfish, into the UK and abroad with a value of £770 million – a 5% increase in quantity but a 7% decrease in value compared with 2011.
The region’s smaller fishing communities bucked that trend with fish worth a total of £11.6 million landed at Teignmouth, Salcombe, Ilfracombe, Looe, Mevagissey and Weymouth. Looe recorded landings rise by £200,000 to £2.4 million, Ilfracombe by £200,00 to £1.8 million and Salcombe £100,000 to £2.1 million. Figures for the other ports – Mevagissey (£2.2 million), Teignmouth (£0.6 million) and Weymouth (£2.5 million) – remained the same.
Dave Bond has fished out of Looe, on Cornwall’s south coast, for more than 30 years and is chairman of the South West Handline Association. He said last year had been “exceptional” for lemon sole and “very good” for cuttlefish and squid. “Looe is a high quality market with day-caught fish and people have responded to that,” he said yesterday. “The number of restaurants has taken off because of television and they have recognised where they want to source their fish.”
Story courtesy of the Western Mornig News:
It's all at the Co-op now!
Welcome to the new under 15 Metre Fishermen's Cooperative based in the busy fishing port of Brixham, South Devon.
We are very much in the early stages of planning and asking interested fishermen/vessel owners to leave their contact details either my phone, text , or email. This site will be a platform for potential members to be kept upto date with the planning, implementation and to publicise any meeting dates etc. If you have any ideas or points to make and would like to be involved please get in touch.
Why a coop? Well it has been stated many times by vessel owners and fishermen that this category of boats, lack support and represeantion. Small enough to be inshore boats yet fishing outside the 6 mile limit when in need. There are assocaitions that represent the under 10 fleet and larger boats yet we go unmentioned on many occasions. No fishermen want a one sided association and therfore a cooperative of fishermen fits the democratic manner in which fishemen want to operate, this includes all vessels under 15 metres in length and any form of catch method on a commercial basis.
Times have changed with the ever growing changes in rules and regulations of the industry and the publics' desire to know more about where their food comes from. Along with all the other problems and politics fishermen face, its now time to come together and make some changes towards a positive fishing future.
“A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.”
Go to the new web site for more information and register your interest.
We are very much in the early stages of planning and asking interested fishermen/vessel owners to leave their contact details either my phone, text , or email. This site will be a platform for potential members to be kept upto date with the planning, implementation and to publicise any meeting dates etc. If you have any ideas or points to make and would like to be involved please get in touch.
Why a coop? Well it has been stated many times by vessel owners and fishermen that this category of boats, lack support and represeantion. Small enough to be inshore boats yet fishing outside the 6 mile limit when in need. There are assocaitions that represent the under 10 fleet and larger boats yet we go unmentioned on many occasions. No fishermen want a one sided association and therfore a cooperative of fishermen fits the democratic manner in which fishemen want to operate, this includes all vessels under 15 metres in length and any form of catch method on a commercial basis.
Times have changed with the ever growing changes in rules and regulations of the industry and the publics' desire to know more about where their food comes from. Along with all the other problems and politics fishermen face, its now time to come together and make some changes towards a positive fishing future.
“A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.”
Go to the new web site for more information and register your interest.
Friday's child is full of fish
Two big beam trawler trips and three inshore trawlers plus the Ajax's hake and white big fish make up Friday's market news...
worth a few Dovers on the ground...
and plaice...
there were some top-drawer flats like this one -box turbot...
sure to make the skipper smile, the Shiralee put ashore 16 boxes of squid which made around £4.50...
unusual to see a boat 'winging' ray at sea, the frames are used by the crabbers for bait in their pots......
beautiful big blackjacks...
there's some funny money of the market again...
the Ajax's hake made good money this morning...
thought there is plenty of wind blowing in from the Bay
the big Breton stern trawler, Damien Florient was escorted in to Newlyn by the Navy on Wednesday morning is to appear in court allegedly for mesh offences...
she is big enough to carry three net drums in her stern gantry...
seems the breeze is a tad fresh this morning!
Thursday 26 September 2013
Footage of Greenpeace being confronted by Russian force
Russian special forces move in to end the assault by Greenpeace on the Gazprom Arctic oil rig.
At first, the orange and black Greenpeace rib moves in to prevent or stall the the special forces aboard their ribs from hauling down the boarders.
That is until 1m 30s in when you sense the Greenpeace activists trying to scale the rig are made only too well aware that the guys trying to stop them aren't likely to wear artificial fur and eat lentils. #whodareswins #savethearctic
Marine Scotland will be hosting the UK Stakeholder meeting ahead of this year's autumn fisheries negotiations
Marine Scotland will be hosting the
UK Stakeholder meeting on the afternoon of 29th October 2013 at Murrayfield
Stadium, Edinburgh. The event provides an opportunity for UK Fisheries
Ministers and senior officials to hear stakeholder views ahead of the 2013
autumn fisheries negotiations.
There will also be an introductory
session on the UK Balance of Competencies review. The review is an objective
look at the benefits, or disadvantages of the current situation with regard to
UK and EU competence in each policy area, with Fisheries policy being
considered this autumn, along with agriculture. To inform the review, Defra
will seek evidence from as wide a range of stakeholders as possible during a
consultation period running from October to January.
The schedule for the afternoon will
be as follows:
12:45 Lunch
available
13:00 – 14:00 Balance of Competencies session
14:00 – 14:30 Tea & Coffee
14:30 – 17:00 Autumn Negotiations meeting in the presence of UK
Fisheries Ministers and officials.
Please confirm your attendance by
email to leeanne.mullan@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
by 10th October 2013.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Fishwives Choir soloist Hannah Pascoe leads an Autumn Concert in Penzance
We are pleased to confirm that soloists: Hannah Pascoe, Angela Thomas, Ben Hoadley, Jack Vosper and accompanist Clive Ellison are all volunteering their time to put on an Autumn concert in aid of the Fishermen’s Mission. To be held in the stunning Mansion House, Gems Bolitho School this is going to be a unique one of night. Songs from the shows, some opera and classical music too, all in aid of the Fishermen’s Mission & we are delighted that Hannah Pascoe is putting on such an exciting fundraiser. Newlyn Cheese and Charcuterie Shop will be providing cheese and biscuits on the night as well as a glass of wine.
This is an unique event and only 100 tickets are available for the night. They have just gone on sale and are available at W Stevensons & Sons Fishmongers in Newlyn & Penzance, The Cheese Shop and the Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn as well as Morrab Studios in Penzance.
Friday the 11th October, £7.50 per ticket. Concert begins at 7.30pm at Gems Bolitho School.
This is an unique event and only 100 tickets are available for the night. They have just gone on sale and are available at W Stevensons & Sons Fishmongers in Newlyn & Penzance, The Cheese Shop and the Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn as well as Morrab Studios in Penzance.
Friday the 11th October, £7.50 per ticket. Concert begins at 7.30pm at Gems Bolitho School.
Subsidising the fishing industry
Does the law of unintended cosequences apply to subsidies within the fishing industry?
Discuss.
Hake fishing with the Ajax
Sit back and enjoy a video of life aboard one of Nelwyn gill net fleet fishing for hake west of Land's End.
Wednesday in Newlyn
Fulltrips for a couple of beamtrawlers meant there was plenty of fish on the market this morning...
with the Sapphire leading the charge...
a good selection of flats including these spot-laden plaice...
the inshore boats managed a hanful of bass to keep the country's best fish shops and restuarants happy...
while these strange bedfellows, zulu meets octopus...
while the bige, new ex-French netter, Stelissa filled the market with big hake...
and a run of cracking cod ...
the good ship, Stelissa...
all on its lonsesome this big basslooks like it just came ashore...
putting bait aboard the Intuition, who has just had a new gearbox fitted and a complete engoine rebuild after smashing 3 pistins and liners lastw week - stripped and put back togther in a two-day turnaround!......
chin-ups keep the crew happy...
changing gear aboard the Falmouth registered Victoria Anne...
across the Bay, a heavy mist rolls in over Tom's watch.
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Help shape the MSC fisheries standard
In 2013-14, the MSC has committed to undertake a review of the MSC fishery Standard for sustainable fishing. The review focuses on the MSC fishery assessment and other fishery client performance requirements on topics including benthic impacts, unit of certification, bycatch and discards. Stakeholder feedback is an integral part of the review process. This second round of consultation and all public comment is now open until 26th October at http://improvements.msc.org/
Welcome to the MSC's program improvements siteimprovements.msc.org
To keep our oceans teeming with life and safeguard seafood supplies for the future, the MSC offers the world's leading certification program for fisheries to demonstrate they are sustainable. But science and industry do not stand still, and as we...
MSC has committed to undertake a review of the Fisheries Standard (FSR) in 2013. The full list of program improvements currently open for public consultation (11 September - 26 October 2013) is shown in the table below:
Topic | Program improvements description |
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| Principle 1: Sustainable fish stock | To provide clarifications and guidance when assessing the sustainability of fish stock. Two sub-projects are included:
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| Principle 2: Minimising environmental impact | To ensure consistency and to reflect best practice throughout Principle 2, including:
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| Principle 3: Effective management | To consider changes to the performance indicators used to assess fisheries management systems. |
| Risk Based Framework | To improve on the three aspects of the risk based framework (RBF):
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| Fishery Process Issues | To provide additional guidance and clarity to three sections:
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If you would like more information about the FSR, please contact Dan Hoggarth (Fisheries Oversight Director) at Dan.Hoggarth@msc.org.
In addition, the MSC will undertake a Speed and Cost Review (SCR) in parallel to the FSR, to review and reform the assessment process. The aim is to reduce the time, cost and complexity of certification.
Current status
The MSC Fisheries Standard Review is currently open for public to comment until 26th October 2013. Anyone can view the program improvements proposed by the MSC and share their expertise and experience through the consultation.Planned work
The development stage of the FSR includes various opportunities for stakeholders like you to provide feedback. These opportunities include broad online consultation and in-person workshops for project items that receive high level of stakeholder interest. See planned activities for the FSR below:| Date | Activity | Location |
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| 11 September - 26 October | Late-stage online consultation on all policy topics | The MSC Program Improvements website |
| 25 September | Stakeholder webinar - Fisheries Standard Review and Speed and Cost Review topics | Remotely To register, please send email to standards@msc.org |
| 26 September | Stakeholder webinar - Chain of Custody topics | Remotely To register, please send email to standards@msc.org |
| 16-17 September | Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) consultation | London, UK |
| 7-8 October | Latin America workshop | Santiago, Chile |
| 9-13 December | Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and Stakeholder Council (StC) meeting | Lisbon, Portugal To become an observer, please register at standards@msc.org |
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