SlowFish - Sanjay Kumar's Genoan odyssey in pictures.

Time for Westcountry chef, Sanjay Kumar get some background reading done on the CFP, the scourge of UK fishermen, before meeting some of the key players......

like the chance for a one-to-one with the main lady herself, Maria Damanaki and some time for Sanjay to put the case for the fishermen of Cornwall........

 before meeting Mr Slowfood himslf, Carlo Petrinini........

and other key faces.......

getting back to the main purpose of the show, cooking up a storm the SlowFish way and keeping the show visitors happy with some Kumar magic........

all the way from Cornwall, smoked Cornish mackerel fillets at SlowFish 2011.

Misty mackerel morning.

Bound in to land, the mackerel men.......

where the ever watchful Frank keeps an eye on proceedings......

hand grading - maybe the market will invest in a grading machine for the benefit of the mackerel fleet......

 

until then it's down to individual judgement.

Mr Witley always gives a good covering of ice on each box before they go to the market fridge.....

more ice!.......

with the tallys wetted on the floor they soon stick to the boxes......

1 man power shifts those boxes to the fridge......

time then to complete the market landing sheet.

Liam Guille - returned to Alderney for his funeral.

 Flags from Alderney and Cornwall fly aboard the crabber, Emma Louise that Liam worked aboard......

 Liam's body was first put aboard the Penlee lifeboat......

 and taken across the harbour......

 with two members of the lifeboat crew acting as a guard of honour........

 before transferring Liam to the Emma Louise........

 Newlyn's Mission skipper, Keith Dixon blessed the voyage......

 and was thanked by skipper Mark Morgan and fellow crew members who will all travel to Alderney.......

along with some flowers from Liam's girlfriend's family........

skipper of Liam's first boat the Dom Bosco, Mario Perry (right) stands on the bow as the Emma Louise makes her way to the gaps......

bound for Alderney in the Channel Islands......

a trip of some ten hours......

 

passing the Anglian Princess at anchor.

Greek night tonight - haddock marinated with Rosemary garlic red onion White wine vinegar & dry White vino

On Guard!

 Back in the Bay, good to see the Anglian Princess on station again.......

 to celebrate the Jubilee Pool opening there's a new set of poolside flags this year......

 if you haven't seen this before it will make you smile!.........

 German engineering on tour........

 over to take ice after landing.......

leaving the shore staff to engage in a spot of Celtic wrestling, one for you Yan.......

where's the water gone?.........

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Slow Fish 2011 Opened in Genoa by European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki and Slow Food President Carlo Petrini.

The fifth edition of Slow Food’s celebration of sustainable fishing opened today in Genoa.

The event was officially inaugurated on Friday May 27 by Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries; Carlo Petrini, President of Slow Food; Claudio Burlando, President of the Liguria Regional Authority; Pierluigi Vinai, Vice-President of the Fondazione Carige and Silvio Greco, President of the Slow Fish Scientific Committee.
Slow Fish 2011 runs from May 27 to 30 at the Genoa Fiera, with a special focus this year on the small-scale fishers whose livelihood is threatened by industrial fishing and whose activities help protect rather than devastate the marine environment.

Maria Damanaki - Where does fish come from?

Maria Damanaki - Where does fish come from?
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries


Speaking earler today at the Slow Fish Conference in Genoa, 27 May 2011- before she goes on to announce tonight that she will take part in the launch of the European Fish Fight Campaign next week in Brussels - the sequel to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's UK battle to end discards at sea - one to watch!


"Minister Romano, Mr. Burlando, Mr. Petrini, authorities, ladies and gentlemen, It is a real honor to address an audience of informed citizens who care about what we eat and how it gets to our table. And I know that when it comes to fish, many of you are not just informed citizens, but rather concerned citizens. We hear that fish resources are depleted. That fish contains dangerous pollutants. That it is sometimes sold under false labels. We hear that big amounts of fish are thrown overboard because they were caught by mistake.


So what should we do?