Open Art in Newlyn

North Corner was home to Newlyn School artists, Ernest and Dod Procter

so on Open Day...

there's a chance to enjoy some of the many local artist's studios that have thrown open their doors...

Newlyn Copper Works' Michael Johnson being one...

and Red Simpson being another...

happy to let visitors inside his studio...

and enjoy what was once the Procter's gardens...

now home to some of Red's copper fish...

and glass fibre reliefs...

including his latest work, Fish Cellar...

that tells the story of Pilchard fishing...

some of his more conventional work celebrates the play of lines and links created by the braided trawl net and chain link mat on beam trawlers...

there are a myriad of interesting house name plaques around the village...

and hidden away in a little walked passage of High Mountains is one of the maze of tunnels that link properties with the harbour - the Smuggler's Hotel has one such tunnel running from the cellar bar down to the water's edge...

these days the adits that run down the middle of Newlyn's streets are modern interpretations of the old open sewage system...

some Newlyn gardens enjoy views right across to the Lizard...

evidence of the warm village climate...

more red spots...

old Newlyn resident...

Keel Alley, sadly filled in...

Stevenson's wet fish shop major overhaul underway...

you jave until the 12th of October to enjoy the art at the Newlyn Gallery...

filleting mackerel for supper, filleted  skines, pin boned and rubbed with curry powder - 10 minutes in a hot oven...

some jolly foreigners in Newlyn.

Ajax bound for PZ dock - under tow

Antique shop window - retro sale...

retro trawler in Newlyn, the Anthony Stevenson has finally succumbed

to the passage of time...

Britannia IV under way...

new warp factor 12...

traffic waits for the derrick to lift...

the oldest boat in the fleet, the Anthony looks like she is being restored to her former glory, great to see all the net pounds coming off...

Nova Spero heads for the ice works...

Newlyn Harbour lights volunteer call...

Bucca...

Bucca more...

Bucca host...

the Ajax leaving Newlyn...

under tow from the Lamorna...

gear up on the deck of the beamer...

there's live music back o at the Tolcarne Inn, Martin Bowie and Johanna Graham at the Jazz...

entering Penzance wet dock for gearbox repairs.

The Future of RACs - from the NFFO

The Future of RACs - from the NFFO

The future of the regional advisory councils was discussed recently in Brussels at an landmark meeting attended by the Director General for EU fisheries. The Federation is actively involved as a member of four regional advisory councils: North Sea, North Western Waters, Pelagic and Long Distance RACs.

RACs are generally recognised as the most successful element of the last (2002) CFP reform. They have proven to be much more cohesive, relevant, focused and dynamic than many expected and have produced a great deal of well thought-through advice on the management fisheries in each sea basin.
The meeting was held to discuss what form the RACs should take during the next phase of the Common Fisheries Policy, especially within the context of a more regionalised CFP.

Regional Management
The exact form which a regionalised CFP will take will depend on

• The reform legislation currently under consideration by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers
• The degree and form which member state cooperation takes in each sea basin under the new arrangements.

Regional cooperation is likely to take different shapes in different regions but there is broad agreement that the RACs, by virtue of their composition and regional focus, are likely to play an enhanced role everywhere. As well as shaping the broad management framework, through their advice to the Commission and European Parliament, the RACs are expected, in future, to provide cooperating member states with advice on appropriate management for the fisheries within their area of responsibility. A much closer working relationship and dialogue between the RACs (or soon to be ACs) and the member states is therefore expected to build under a regionalised CFP.
The arrangements for the Pelagic RAC and the Long Distance RAC will be adapted to the very specific characteristics of their fisheries: in the former highly migratory stocks which cross multiple political boundaries and in the latter, stocks which are wholly managed by Third Countries. Indeed, there is likely to be no one-size-fits-all approach to how RACs adapt to regionalisation.

The meeting discussed the many challenges involved in providing high quality stakeholder advice under the new structure, including the practicalities of establishing a dialogue with regionally cooperating member states; how to further strengthen the RACs cooperation with fisheries scientists; and how the RACs’ work will be funded in future.

Friday's Fishy enough

Five beam and two inshore trawlers for Friday's market...

not that the boats are giving away monk tails in this part of the world...

signs that the black gold season is about to begin...

are evident on the market floor...

big brill that BA love...

the Cornishman needs a top-up...

like a punt out of the water...

the Ajax, all set for repairs later today and hopefully back to sea again...

will it reach?..

boxes of bait ready to go aboard the Emma Louise...

the Wherry Town river in full spate after a hard night's rain!