-----------------------------------------------Merry Xmas and all the best for 2025!----------------------------------------
Monday, 9 January 2017
First Monday fish auction for 2017
Three beam trawlers, one inshore, two netters and a dozen handliners landed fish for the first Monday market of the year...
including a huge trip of monk from the New Harmony...
huge box sized brill...
buyers go head-to-head...
a dozen boxes of witches - a big landing of these cousins to the megrim...
and a big landing of ling, once landed by the ton when Newlyn had a fleet of 50-60' longliners, back in the day...
some ray missed out on the spots...
good little dollop or red mullet for the beamer...
the At Ives mackerel boats enjoyed a bumper weekend with prices holding up making them happy men...
MSC Cornish hake courtesy of the Charisma...
with some real crackers...
and, unusually for Newlyn and these warmer waters, a small halibut...
more MSC Certified hake...
heavy clouds roll in from the west heralding what looks likely to be a rather inclement day...
not that will bother the ever-watchful Tom...
in his WWII watch cap popular with so many fishermen - get your own hand knitted classic watch cap here and keep the head dry and ears warm!