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Monday 2 October 2023

Misty Monday morning in Newlyn.

The harbour is tinged in a blue haze this morning with the cloud cover down to a hundred foot or so...



as can be seen from those punts handlining for mackerel off the partially obscured St Michaels Mount...


meanwhile, back on the market the landings this morning came form a handful of inshore boats willing to take on the biggest tide for the year...


fish like John Dory...


and bass all put a smile on the skipper's face when they fall out of the cod end...


the all hands on the Millennia must have been grinning ear-to-ear when this lot filled the pound on the deck...


while the beam trawler, Trevessa IV came in with plenty of flats like these plaice and monk tails...


Tom on the Guardian picked up a few JDs...


and a good box of bass...


good to see the sardines on the auction floor...


and these three boxes...


and these golden red mullet are examples of the finest handline fish which are landed in Newlyn almost every day of the year - all helping to contribute to the £38.5 million pounds worth of fish landed in the port last year, the top English port by volume...


only a handful of boats target cuttles...

low cloud at this time of year brings its own ambience to the harbour and a contrast to the workboat, Obervargh from Falmouth...


riding high on the big tide, the St Georges...


and the netters Karen of Ladram and the Ajax...


along with the St Georges springs doing their job and keeping her against the quay..


Paula Rose is almost ready to go back in the water...


Newlyn, leading the way as the UK's biggest fishing net recycling port...


plans are still in the process of being approved to re-instate and repair the Old Harbour, currently home to the lugger Barnabas seen here at high water...


along with other sail boats on the running moorings.