Sardines packed at sea.

Ludovic Le Roux, a fisherman in La Turballe, has just invested € 150,000 in a mobile packaging line. He can now pack his sardines directly onto his boat.


The sardines are boxed directly aboard the boat

"Today, too many of us to catch the sardines in La Turballe , finding new markets has become a necessity. To this end, Ludovic Le Roux , a fisherman at the head of the company Celejeanne , which specializes in blue fish since 2007, is counting on its new mobile packaging line. A first for the port of La Turballe.

"Thanks to this equipment, the sardines are packed on board in small crates and shipped as soon as we land," says the fisherman, who employs 14 people on his pair of pelagic trawlers Cintharth and Marilude .

He has just received support from the European Funds for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Feamp) of € 58,556 and € 19,518 from the Region to finance this innovative process which cost it € 156,149.

Doubled price

Out of the trawl, the fish passes in chilled water tank located at the rear of the boat for a first temperature descent. Then it is packaged in glossy polystyrene boxes of 4 kg. With ice flake, the fish continues to go down in temperature to reach 1 ° C in 20 minutes.

No handling, no risk of a temperature break, and late afternoon delivery of a sardine caught in the early morning are all arguments that have already convinced fishmongers and buyers of major brands. Three are already interested. A salesperson has been specially recruited to find other markets. Good news for the fisherman, who with this process doubles the selling price of the small blue fish. In the cannery, they are sold 0.83 € per kilo against 1.60 € for large retailers.

A longer season

With this new package the fisherman will also be able to start the sardine season earlier. And so fish more small pelagic fish. Supermarkets are demanding from the month of May while the cannery, it is necessary to wait for the month of July.

In the long run, he hopes to sell as much sardines to the mass market as to the cannery. The tests started in July and are rather promising. Four tons of sardines have already been packaged on board and the ship hopes to reach seven tons a day quickly.

Full story courtesy of Actu.fr

Scottish Cornish sardines

As the Newlyn sardine netter, Lyonesse makes her way out to fish for the night...

it appears that sometimes the supermarkets seem not to know their Scottish salmon from their Cornish sardines - unless there's a new Scottish sardine fishery that we've not heard of before?

Editor Footnote: Seems there's more to this than meets the eye - in fact these are not sardines at all but can be called Scottish Sardines because they are not actual sardines as in, Sardina Pilchardus - go figure!

In fact these 'Brisling Sardines' are actually 'spratts' (that's sprats with two ts!) re-badged as Scottish sardines by ethical fish suppliers Fish4Ever - find out more by following the link. As brislings is another name for sprats then you could say they are actually sprat sardines - although just to add to the confusion anther name for brisling or sprats is Russian Sardines! Time to consult the definitive book, North Atlantic Seafood methinks!

Landing Cornish Sardines - work in progress

Something to celebrate - better get the set of Cornish Sardine paintings completed as the new season's first fish have been landed this morning!

Mid week pickings.

 Fishing for litter on the prom......

 the two training ships, TS Victory and TS Liverman in Newlyn.........

 freshly zinc painted.......

a red trio........

 Butts been in bass action again.....

 more quality inshore fish.......

 the local Cornish Sardine fleet have been joined by the Silver Star.......

busy landing her night's work......

as is the Lyonesse.......

alongside the ice works.

La sardine fraîche du jour de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie à Nantes

How many Cornish Sardines will be sold around Cornwall during the summer season in the same way that the sardines below are sold in street markets like this one in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie near Nantes?

Gastronomie dimanche 17 juillet 2011

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À Nantes, le petit poisson bleu en provenance directe de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie fait le beau rue du Calvaire. Sous son parasol planté près du manège, la Vendéenne Véronique Gaborieau veille sur son poisson, d'avril à septembre. « Les bateaux partent vers 5-6 h, pêchent au large de Croix-de-Vie et jusqu’à l’Île d’Yeu. Ils reviennent quand ils ont rempli leur filet… Nous travaillons avec un mareyeur qui achète en gros. Nous reconditionnons les sardines, les salons au bon sel de Noirmoutier avant de les glacer. » Vite, direction Nantes pour être à 16 h dans le centre-ville jusqu’à 19 h. Du lundi au vendredi, il s’en vend à la journée entre 60 et 150 douzaines, à raison de 4 euros la douzaine.

In Nantes, little blue fish directly from Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is on the beautiful streets of Calvary. Under its umbrella planted near the carousel, the seller, Véronique Gaborieau watches over her fish from April to September. "The boats leave around 5-6 am, fishing off Croix de Vie and to the Isle of Yeu. They return when they have fulfilled their net ... We work with a fish merchant who buys in bulk. We recondition sardines in the salt from Noirmoutier before covering with ice. Quick directions Nantes you must be in the city centre from 16h-19h Monday to Friday, she sold on the day between 60 and 150 dozen, at 4 euros a dozen.

Story courtesy of the Ouest France. 

Cornish Sardine skipper Stefan fills her up!

With 10 tons aboard for a night's work........

the White Heather is just put down by the head, the Cygnus GM44 carries the weight well........

one brail at a time the Cornish Sardines come ashore......

and are swung over the waiting tubs.........

before the clip is pulled to release the fish.........

meanwhile, the big blue cat Lyonesse which lands her fish catch direct to FalFish takes back a full set of tubs ready for the coming night's work.......

the two boats having around 20 tons between them.......

time for awash down of the quay........

back in the fish market the mornings sale is coming to an end........

with good landings of mackerel still coming overland from St Ives  in evidence........

a classic small inshore boat for sale, this traditional wooden boat built by Clifford Adams of Looe in 1964 has just had a paint up and been anti-fouled, boat electrics include a fish finder and bilge pump, contact Colin on 07702 693660 offers on £2850 with a boat trailer and engine spares........ 

time to grab what you can from 'up Drift, give Mark a call on 07779635105 to see what tuna and 5-7" mono nets are going along with buoys, floats and ropes........

what's Debbie been up to now?!

Rinnetting for Cornish Sardines

'Trelawney Fish' boxes wait to go back aboard the George Johannes....
The smallest vessel in Stevenson's flrrt, the Cathryn makes landing at the fish market with young Edwin manning the pallet truck.
Just off the gaps, ringnetters Prue Esther and the Pride of Cornwall have shot their nets for Cornish Sardines. You can see the headline floats strecthing away from the boats. The Pride of Cornwall missed the fish on this occasion and had to shoot again. The Resolute, seen later in the video clip below, gets a shot in even closer to the gaps off Newlyn.

A short video of the boats ring-netting for sardines as the sun goes down.