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.
Saturday 19 December 2009
The coldest Saturday winter morning for years greets Mounts Bay.
under what looks like a snow-laden sky out to sea.....
the Trinity House vessel Patricia is hard at work on her deck cargo of buoys keeping the shipping lanes safe.....
the rig is set against the Anglian Princess back on station.....
popular eatery, the bay, that makes good use of the finest fresh fish from Newlyn on its menu and always has an interesting show art local art on display in the restaurant.....
at this time of year the IOS helicopter service runs flat out as a flurry of holiday makers, residents and relatives ply back and forth.
Friday 18 December 2009
MSC - Cornish sardines are on the menu again.
MSC assessment status
The certification body, MRAG Americas Inc, has proposed two peer reviewers for the review of the Draft Cornish sardine, UK Assessment Report.
If you wish to provide feedback on the proposed peer reviewers, please contact Dr. Robert Trumble no later than the 28th December 2009.
Read all about the review in detail here.Thursday 17 December 2009
Brussels' sprouts Christmas quota news.
Brussels Fisheries talks ‘a slap on the face with a wet fish’ says Stevenson, but this time its not Elizabeth doing the talking.
The BBC gave some quota figures for caching area around the coast and also commented on one of the innovative ways in which boats miught be incentivised - install CCTV to record what comes aboard and what goes back over the rail.The regional paper Western Morning News covered the story in more detail through Kate Ironside's blog posting, "Fishermen's Friend or Big Brother"
Wednesday 16 December 2009
Scads, tubs and blackjacks.
like a scene from Aliens, box washing in progress......
a good shot of wreck fish from the GaryM will help boost the Xmas coffers.....
white lightning.......
the Cornishman put ashore a few big tub gurnards.......
unusually, some line caught scad from the punt Penver......
along with a good run of the currently rather scarce winter mackerel - and they are making phenomenal money.....
Ocean Fish spent a lot of money on the bigger fish like these blackjacks today.....
a nonchalant film crew survey the auction in progress......
the Star's star.
The Rowney - on the way in - on the way out? maybe not!
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Calculating an ETA - another useful feature from the AIS page.
.....as in the Gary M heading through the gaps.