Mostly top quality day boat fish on the market this morning

There's a buzz amongst the buyers on the auction floor with half a dozen landings of the brightest, freshest Cornish fish from a handful of day boats....

with a smattering of shellfish...

good haddock from the Elisabeth Veronique and the new Imogen II...

delightful Dovers from the Billy Rowney...

rotund ray...

red red gurnard...

and a shot of line caught pollack from the Sea Spray.  All photos courtesy of an iPhone 3G this morning.

After 3100 miles Wayne Davey is knocked of his bike with 27 miles to go!

A Penzance man and former Pirates hooker who was taking part in one of the world's toughest cycling challenges narrowly missed out on finishing after being hit by a bus.

Wayne Davey, 34, a paramedic, who works with 771 squadron at RNAS Culdrose, was part of a four man team attempting a mammoth 3100 mile ride across the USA for charity when he was hit by a school bus just 65 miles from the finish line at Times Square, New York on Wednesday.

After his brush with a bus, Wayne Davey was posted on Twitter, barely able to grasp a pint of Guiness!

Wayne broke his arm and shoulder blade in the crash but said it was "insignificant" compared to what could have happened.

Mr Davey said: "It's pretty close to the finish, but we've had a chat about it and I was pretty close to going under the back wheels of the bus, so the injuries that I've sustained are pretty insignificant to what could have happened." Justin Morgan, a Royal Marine at RNAS Culdrose who was also part of the group, which set off on 24 September, witnessed the incident. He said: "We were overtaken by a school bus which made an immediate right turn and basically rode straight over Wayne."

Shortly after the crash outside of New York, Justin Tweeted: "The trip is over for me and Wayne! Wayne is currently in hospital after being hit by a bus! Broken shoulder but ok." Following the accident comments have been flooding in from well-wishers concerned about Wayne. Kim Hopkins, who lives on Bryher tweeted: "?@Bryher_Kim @3100miles so sad for wayne, hope he isnt hurt too badly! hope the rest of you make it there safe and sound! not far now!"

Since then the team have posted a picture on Twitter captioned: "Wayne with his clipped wing and pain relief!!" Showing the cyclist's arm in a sling but holding a pint of Guinness.

Wayne is no stranger to tough challenges. In 2008 he was part of a team that attempted to break a 3,200-mile, 55-day rowing record from New York to the Isles of Scilly. The Scilly Boys capsized in stormy weather 650 miles off the US coast and had to wait eight hours before being rescued by an oil tanker The remaining members of the cycling team, Ben Carthey and John Williams have now completed the 3,100-mile (5,000km) route, which started in San Diego. 

They were aiming to complete the gruelling challenge in to raise money for Cornwall Air Ambulance and two other Cornish charities – Children's Hospice South West and The Royal Marines Benevolent Fund.
Follow the team's progress on Twitter @3100miles or visit the website at www.3100miles.co.uk.

Story courtesy of the Cornishman and ThisisCornwall.

Penlee lifeboat out on a middle of the night shout - tow job

@coastguard_sos We would like to thank Falmouth CG, St Marys Lifeboat @penleelifeboat and the FV Sparkling Line in assisting our tow today

The yacht involved was becalmed in very poor visibility and concerned for their safety being in the middle of a very busy shipping lane for traffic bound between the Lizard and Land's end.

IFCA - protecting the marine environment around the Cornish coastline

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority is staging a series of 12 fishing meetings during October and November to look at ways of protecting the marine environment around the Cornish coastline. The Authority is responsible for managing fishing activities within the six mile limit around the coast of Cornwall, including in the inshore marine protected sites (MPA’s ) around the coast.

As part of this process it wants to harness the enthusiasm and wide experience of individuals and organisations that have an interest in the fisheries. The aim of the meetings is to consider future management options for MPAs). The meetings are being held in ‘workshop format’ to inform, exchange and gather information with commercial fishermen, recreational sea anglers, divers and other sea users.

Meetings have already been held in Mevagisisey and Falmouth, with further meetings due to take place in Hayle, Newquay, Sennen, Millbrook, Port Isaac, Padstow, Newlyn, Cadgwith, St Ives and Looe.

The schedule for the meetings, all of which start at 7pm, are:

*HAYLE Wednesday 10 October at Hayle Community Centre

*NEWQUAY Friday 12 October at Newquay Rowing Club

*SENNEN Wednesday 17 October at Sennen Community Hall

*MILLBROOK Monday 29 October at Millbrook AFC

*PORT ISAAC Wednesday 31 October at Port Isaac Village Hall

*PADSTOW Friday 9 November at the National Lobster Hatchery

*NEWLYN Monday 12 November at The Fishermen’s Mission

*CADGWITH Friday 16 November at the Pilot Gig Shed

*ST IVES Wednesday 21 November at the Shore Shelter Lodge *LOOE Friday 23 November at Looe Council Chamber

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.