2012's first Monday morning market.

 No big trips on the first Monday market for 2012 but plkenty of quality fish from the inshore boats......

 much of it line caught..........

 like these dozen boxes of bass from the single-handed punt Cynthia........

 taking a break from recording the landings this morning.......

Silver Dawn all set for the New Year.

Saturday sees changes for the new year.

 Pebbles piled on the prom after the recent weather has passed through........

 and the stream running through Wherry Town has been re-routed...... 

 Tom spots a break in the cloud cover.......

 as the Christmas lights team get to work taking down this year's display.......

 so says Emmerdale fan Debbie.........

 lot 178, the Heather FY89 on the hard at Mevagissey is up for auction at next week's David Lay's Art sale......

 early morning gulls check out a breakfast of worms on the fish market roof garden.......

fine weather means the North quay is devoid of working boats at last.

More film from Newlyn in 1994.

Another short film from Pete Eddy (ex-Kernow Electronics) showing Newlyn in the early 1990s. At the time many boats were being broken up as a huge round of decommissioned boats were taken off the fishing register.

Potential Spanish block to discards reform.

Just one of the biggest fishing fleet in the world  - a flagged Spanish fishing vessel - photo courtesy of Nathan Marshall.

The incoming Spanish government is coming under intense diplomatic pressure to fall in line with EU proposals to ban wasteful fishing practices, after a leaked document showed that the previous administration was planning to derail the plans.

The government must choose between supporting its new allies in the EU, on which Spain's economic future depends, or bowing to its powerful fishing industry.

As Europe's biggest fishing industry, Spain could hold the key to the success or failure of the reforms, which would prevent fishermen discarding edible fish at sea.

See the full story here courtesy of the Guardian.

St Ives fishermen invoke unique fishing by-law.

After accidentally trapping arpound 100 sea birds in their net, St Ives fishermen have been banned from using similar gear in St Ives Bay from now until the 26th of January! See the full story from the BBC here.

Flying Dutchmen go West.

Three of the biggest Dutch freezer trawlers are seen here on the VesselTracker AIS heading west, south side of the Isles of Scilly.........

freezer trawlers like these were a regular sight in the days before the mackerel box was imposed in the Western Approaches........

as can be seen here as the Scillonian III passes a couple of Dutch freezers anchored in Mount's Bay while they process (freeze) their night's catch........

at the time the Dirk, at anchor, was the largest fishing vessel in the world.

Bluefin tuna - world record price on a Tokyo fish market..

Late last year a tuna, thought at first to be a yellowfin was landed on Newlyn fish market - a marine expert later identified the fish as being a member of the more valuable bluefin species - the single fish sold for around £4.60 a kilo - much less than the premium price normally associated with this kind of fish as can be seen from this fish sold in Japan fetching a record price of £2,738 per kilo!