Welcome to Through the Gaps, the UK fishing industry's most comprehensive information and image resource. Newlyn is England's largest fish market and where over 50 species are regularly landed from handline, trawl, net, ring net and pot vessels including #MSC Certified #Hake, #Cornish Sardine, handlined bass, pollack and mackerel. Art work, graphics and digital fishing industry images available from stock or on commission.
Plenty of punt action in the mornings this week as the mackerel begin to chew.....
another creative piece from the crab fleet....
it is not only lorry transport that sports vinyl vehicle graphics, here the Find It Locally car contrasts nicely with the lifeboat in the background....
Michael and the boys will be cursing the damp weather while they try to finish the anti-fouling aboard the Elizabeth N..... with a sky like this in the evening you don't need Micahel Fish to warn you of approaching damp weather - this is a REALLY 'watery' sky at night and a good portent of very wet weather on the way!
Taking advantage of the sunshine and dry weather, PZ100 gets the bottom treatment....
a serious looking yacht is berthed outside the crabber..... mixed crew on the Pendeen Gig Club's Portheras get some practice strokes in across the harbour... they make a good combination... a forest or communication aerials aboard the Crystal Sea II
Heading back to her pontoon berth, Elizabeth Veronique turns past the end of the new quay.... there's a lttle bit of Essex in the port today...... after landing another superb shot of line caught pollack, the Sea Spray takes fuel....... another casualty of the fog, what looks like a House Martin that spent several exhausted days aboard the inshore trawler Katie Clare..... always a fine site on the market, a gleaming box of best Bay bass.... pollack from the Sea Spray present a golden gleam under ice another artistic creation from the crab boys.... supervised from the wheelhouse with a fresh mug of tea...... the dive charter boat, Evert Maartje languishes at anchor in the hazy sun and still waters of the Bay... waiting for the fuel man to arrive, inshore trawlers Nantewas and the Cathryn.... after a long morning on the market it's time to head back to the paint store for a cuppa.... the beamers consume vast amounts of wire, their new warp comes from Holland..... on the market this morning, under the watchful gaze of Robert George, Cornwall Seafood Cornwall Quality Advisor, Nathan from the CFRC gets the reality of fishing message across to a visiting group of degree students from the Combined Universities of Cornwall campus at Falmouth. Hopefully, these surfing students will get a better understanding of the complex world of the oceans they enjoy so much and be better informed as a result of their visit - keep up the good work Nathan!.... seems it's not just the gulls that are getting it together and nesting at this time of year..... in case you missed the shipping forecast at six this morning, here's a sure sign the weather has shed its winter topcoat and the sea state resembles glass, Cornwall Sea Fisheries Protection vessel, the aptly named Terrifier, sorry, Verifier makes her way towards the gaps and out on patrol....... at last the fuel man has turned up, with the news that it is 2p more a litre today! yet another birthday in the town.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, after several weeks of repairs, the Steamship Company's supply boat Gry Maritha leaves the dry dock and heads out through the Ross Road bridge. Penzance Harbour Master Neil Clark supervises proceedings. Local fishing boat J-Anne under the command of Mike Mahon gets to be tugboat for the manouvre.
After several weeks in the dry dock its time for the Scilly supply boat Gry Maritha to exit the dock........ as the road bridge swings open a clucth of baby pigeons is revealed from their hiding place under the road....
tug boat assisstance courtesy of Grimmy Mike in the J Anne....
skipper must be mindful of the speed restriction on the crossing..... so its judicious use of the bow thruster..... as the gap narrows..... as she heads off for sea trials out in the Bay....
ts that time of year again when the Cornish Tuna fleet will soon be sailing hard to tell what is going on in Newlyn this morning.... them ol' worms sure do some damage in the harbour!
Maybe the first time this particular Keriolet from Concarneau has been in Newlyn, but for many years there was another Keriolet (SS114) under the command of skipper/owner Andrew Traz Treloar - see this archive gallery. The original French owner, Pierre LeQuillec retired and opened a Cafe Bar outside Concarneau and called it....Bar Keriolet!...... young Charlie Downing sees the last few boxes come ashore from the Billy Rowney........ as the St George finally gets away after her mammoth refit to begin the long 100+ mile steam off to the deep water in search of cricket bats (Megrim Soles to you and me)... the Brixham beamer, Two Boys gets her trip into the back of a waiting lorry........ after shifting there's something of a leap of faith.... as the ends get let go to swing her bow.... the Keriolet sits quietly against the quay... and the crew are seen here waiting for the return of their skipper...... who finally makes it back to the boat, but not before ending up in court fined for apparently mis-reporting errors in his logbook! The boat came into Newlyn originally to sort out a rope in her propeller when she was boarded by local DEFRA staff as a routine inspection........ latest addition to the mackerel fleet from St ives.... Brixham skipper, Dave Blower's new beamer, the Kerrie Marie landed earlier..... after landing there is some small damage to be made good aboard the Cornishman, ouch!... Camel Fish are back in town for the Intuition's crabs.... as they come out of the vivier a bongo at a time, that's about 50Kgs a lift.
Plenty of punt action in the mornings this week as the mackerel begin to chew.....
another creative piece from the crab fleet....
it is not only lorry transport that sports vinyl vehicle graphics, here the Find It Locally car contrasts nicely with the lifeboat in the background....
Michael and the boys will be cursing the damp weather while they try to finish the anti-fouling aboard the Elizabeth N.....
with a sky like this in the evening you don't need Micahel Fish to warn you of approaching damp weather - this is a REALLY 'watery' sky at night and a good portent of very wet weather on the way!
