Monday night at the movies.

Bound to be some local fishing action at Penzance Penzance Arts Club's home movie night.........

and there's plenty more Variety on offer as Golowan week gets underway.......

almost high water on the prom.......

and the flags are flying........

heavy scouring on the beach at Newlyn Green reveals more than normal of the old causeway......

open for business........

a potter's work is never done......

PZ meets SS..........

always a good idea.......

the rain it raineth........

open on Fridays and Saturdays........

seems strange that there is no scandal to report on the scandal board.......

someones pulled the plug in the boating pool.......

still on guard, the Anglian Princess remains on duty.......

looked over by Tom........

safe as houses.

First tuna for the year on Newlyn!

Anyone missing a shooter?!

Let me entertain you - Chinese banquet Steve Chan style.

 Three birthdays to celebrate in one week so time for a treat - and who better to turn to than Steve Chan........

 first up, prepping some of the key ingredients, squid for starters.........

 while the oil gets hot hot hot.........

 don't forget the spare ribs........

 to go with the rest of the starters on the table..........

 no prizes for guessing what's next.........

 and, without anyone lifting a finger, the crispy duck meets the shredder.........

 bring on the pancakes.........

 and, while the next course is underway...........

and the duck looks like a pirannha attack aftermath.........

 there's beef in a pepper sauce coming up........

 before the bass gets busy.......... 

and things step up a gear.......

 bass with silky Singapore noodles...........

 and fruity sweet and sour twist to close the show - easy to organise for a shop-free day and hassle-free evening - highly recommended! 

Chef on a mission - Sanjay Kumar talks Cornish Sardines, Slow food and fish on BBC Radio 4.

Cornish based chef Sanjay Kumar goes on a cooking mission to Italy to save the Cornish sardine.


The pilchard and its young offspring the sardine used to be the basis of a thriving fishing and processing industry in Cornwall.  In the late 19th century nearly 20 thousand tonnes of sardine was caught, salted, packed and sent to northern Italy where it was highly prized.


By the end of the 20th century the fish had fallen out of favour. Supplies of the fish were still abundant but consumers had started to switch to more aspirational fish like cod and salmon.  Sardines being landed fell below 10 tonnes. Fisherman gave up the profession, boats were destroyed and processing plants closed. Now with concerns over global stocks, one solution is for more of us to switch to "poorer" more abundant fish species like the sardine and pilchard.


Chef Sanjay Kumar, born in Calcutta and now based in Cornwall, wants to help make that happen.  He moved to the county five years ago, fell in love with Cornish food and its fishing traditions.

In May Sanjay travelled to a bi-annual event held in Italy called Slow Fish. It brings together fishermen, chefs, policy experts and fish scientists, all keen to promote small scale, traditional and sustainable forms of fishing. His mission was to use the event to find new ideas to help revive Cornish fishing tradition.  As well as cooking a traditional Italian sardine dish, meeting fellow campaigning chefs, Sanjay also gets to interview the European Union's Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki.


Listen now to the BBC Radio 4 programme and find out how Sanjay's trip can make a difference to how we all think about fish. The programme will also be repeated on Radio 4 tomorrow at 4pm.

The media's white tipped shark frenzy.

Huge shark caught by Newlyn trawler.

There's no let up in the media frenzy stirred up over last week's white tipped shark sighting by Ian Bullus off St Ives. The Sun, the Daily Express and many more papers are convinced that hundreds of shark crazed anglers are heading down the A30 towards St Ives as fast as fearful holidaymakers head up the A30 in retreat! Still, at least it has kept those on duty at the National Coastwatch Institution's station overlooking St Ives Bay busy!

Not what you want to come face to face with.

Lunar Bow passes under Tower Bridge up the Thames.

Tower Bridge was lifted on Monday 6 June for the 70m long pelagic trawler ‘Lunar Bow’ to berth alongside HMS Belfast.

Captained by Alexander Buchan Jr. from Peterhead, ‘Lunar Bow’ was in London during Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 June), the annual campaign to promote the UK’s dependence as an island nation on ships and seafarers.

Lunar Bow’s visit was organised by The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen and the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association.

Visit http://www.lunarfreezing.co.uk/ for more information.