Just in through the gaps, Trevessa IV heads for the market a few hours before high water to land...
tope are just one of over 40 species of fish landed on Newlyn every week of the year...
evry kind of ray...
from shagreen...
to small eye...
the mighty colourful cuckoo wrasse
sport highly developed teeth to crush shellfish like limpets...
more ray...
and more ray from the inshore boats...
and a full-fat conger...
om landed just the one cod, a fish that seems to have moved ever northwards over the years so that even at this time of year very few are caught...
that's a fine pair of pairs...
cracking red mullet from the seiner...
while the Dovers came courtesy of the only beam trawler to land ove the weekend...
the now plentiful haddock are always a feature of seining trips...
it's a good mix if fish stacked and ready to go...
just handful of pent men braved a rather blustery weekend to put ashore a few top quality boxes of fosh like the grey mullet...
pollack...
and mackerel...
whole monk...
and hake finished off the Accionna's trip...
now at the fish market...
the boys on the Trvessa IV get busy before they land to overhaul the gear in preparation for the next trip...
Accioanna at rest...
along with a few visitors...
the Mary Williams pier is busy enough with weather-bound boats...
and the Fleetwood registered longliner Monte Zanteu...
which made the first of her obligatory UK landings...
to the back of the waiting Spanish transport which will cross the Channel by ferry before taking her fish all the way back to Spain. Once 2025 arrives she, and the many other flagged vessels that fish in the Western Approaches and off Ireland will be landing 80% of their trips to UK ports. Newlyn is the most convenient in terms of proximity to the lucrative grounds but will need some serious infrastructure development if it is to cope with so many of these larger vessels landing here on a regular basis.
