Fish and Summer in St Ives.

See before you eat........

at Matthew Stevens' fish and shellfish emporium.........

it's the in thing in St Ives, where the press have been speculating whether it is Gordon Ramsay, Hugh Fearnley-Whittinstall or Rick Stein who is set to move into a new fish restaurant nearing completion on the seafront.......

an exciting new venture this year, celebrating the two Jumbo luggers that have been built in recent years......

meanwhile, the multi-million pound refurbishment of the Porthmeor net lofts continues apace with a neat little pas de deux twixt builder and his ladder.......

and much of the original facade maintaining its character it seems.......

maybe you need to knock three time for Naomi Frears........

downlalong in the St Ives Tate, thousands of visitors have added their heights to this room-filling measuring fest.........

each person's height recorded by hand with the aid of a solid black felt-tip pen.......

in the entrance lobby, Martin Creed has emptied his lungs to fill the gallery space with thousands of white ballons which deter none but the most claustrophobic from entering.......

the UK's biggest ball pool created especially for the enjoyment of adults it seems........

and much photographed by those on the balcony trying to catch a glimpse of their friends below.......

onshore and offshore at Porthmoer.......

inshore boats from around the coast on their moorings all set for an afternoon's mackerel fishing......

even with the dazzling gold braid, here's one Harbourmaster not afraid to get his hands dirty once in a while......

it's a family affair overending gear aboard the cat, Dignity.

The media's white tipped shark frenzy.

Huge shark caught by Newlyn trawler.

There's no let up in the media frenzy stirred up over last week's white tipped shark sighting by Ian Bullus off St Ives. The Sun, the Daily Express and many more papers are convinced that hundreds of shark crazed anglers are heading down the A30 towards St Ives as fast as fearful holidaymakers head up the A30 in retreat! Still, at least it has kept those on duty at the National Coastwatch Institution's station overlooking St Ives Bay busy!

Not what you want to come face to face with.

The art of handlining for mackerel in St Ives Bay

A box of shining mackerel aboard the SS225 Provider....
conjoured from the depths by 'Boy' Stuart McClary.....an artist at work!
Meanwhile Barry on the Boy Brax relies on a stripper for the job....
Dan Downing steams the Josephine with her haul of 300kg of mackerel at approaching 20 knots for the harbour sands....
chased down by Traz aboard the Dignity.....
the Josephine is beached and then hauled out of the water by Dan's ever faithful Land Rover so that the boxed fish can be landed.....
under the gaze of some up-and-coming fishermen, handlines at the ready - good to see the next generation watching and learning!