Fast fish

Silver and gold!......it's back down the fishroom aboard the Harvest Reaper.....
while aboard the CKS the boxes go back aboard....
whereas these are the fastest fish boxes in the West, traveling at the speed of ligh to be held in the cold store on the market

Silver darlings!

Dennis Pascoe casts a shadowy figure as he makes his way up from the pontoon moorings after putting ice aboard his punt for the next mornings fishing...
Ocean Fish's skipper,Peter on the Resolute gets ready to haul the ring net back aboard...
after sailing this morning at 0530 .....
and catching 15 tonnes of herring...
the boys managed to rip the net and spent all day and evening mending - worse still, when putting the net back aboard the net caught on a small bollard which resulted in another tear!
so its all hands to another hour's mending again!
over on the market, the Pride of Cornwall is puts their shot of herring ashore....
and a full haul at that....
a closer look over the shoulder of the landing crane...



Watch a short video of landing herring to the waiting insulated bins. Crazily this will come to an end almost as soon as the fishery has started as these inshore boats have all but exhausted their quota - the Dutch have the rest even though we won't see a boat of theirs fishing for herring any where near the Bay - what an unjust system we exist in given that the amount caught by these tiny (in comparison to the majority of the Dutch fleet) is but a tiny fraction of the quoat.

Check that chart!

PZ191, always good to come in through the gaps in a flat calm....
Brixham registered ex-fishing boat skipper sorts through the charts...
before setting out on the next leg of her voyage.

"Last chance Newlyn"

The Valhalla's fish go on to the back of a truck bound for Plymouth Fish Market...
as does the new arrival, Crystal Sea's......
whereas young Roger Nowell with the Imogen is prepared to give the auction at Newlyn one last chance - his will be virtually the only trawl fish on the market on Friday morning!
meanwhile, there's a bumper shot of herring to land from from the ringnetter Pride of Cornwall....
as the fish are tipped into tubs and iced away....
Badcock's gallery features 3D work from Daphne McClure....
and prints from John Piper.

Side-knots, pick-ups and four-leggers

under the watchful eye of master net technician Geoff Davies, a few more meshed get added....
is it a side knot or pick-up?...
The first net mending course organised by Cornwall Fisheries Resource Centre proved a challenge for six students...

amongst those signed up for the course, ex fish-merchant and now boat owner Nick Howell (rear) is a picture of concentration...
Geoff Davies from South West Nets can't but help a wry smile as he checks out some mending from one of his students......
so a hands on approach is taken....
Waterford registered Mary Kate is back in Newlyn...
as another Stevenson boat puts her fish ashore....
and finally, the Jacoba, refit complete now has her scallop gear back aboard.

Bass boys

Ready for her passage up North....
Falmouth registered Benediction makes last minute adjustments to her bass rig.....
the Twilight has a crowd of boxes waiting to go aboard....
the Caroline sits alongside the quay while her sister ship, the Marie Clare is at sea

Latest Tamar class lifeboat en-route North....

View from the Ripple's wheelhouse as John and Mervyn pull the cover across the main hatch.
Last thing a crab sees from the pot as it boards the Intuition....
The Ronez from Exeter, rare to see a UK registered merchant vessel these day, is in Penzance Dy Dock for a paint-up.....
The very first Tamar class lifeboat 16-01, Peter and Lesley-Jane Nicholson takes on fuel before the delivery crew spend the night in Newlyn. She is due in Kilmore Quay, Ireland tomorrow before making her way North for slipway launch trials.....
under the watchful eye of the skipper the engineer takes on 1906 litres of fuel.....then its time to scrub up........
another high tide sees the harbour road alongside Penzance Dry Dock basin flooded