French see the anchovy quota cut by 40%

The European Commission proposed Monday, July 8, a 17% reduction of the authorized anchovy catches in the Bay of Biscay total. Or 17 100 tonnes from 1 st July 2013 and 30 June 2014.

French fishermen anchovy, sardine fishermen as pelagic, should have only 2 300 tonnes instead of 4000 tonnes (Solene Le Roux).

Of this total, the French fishermen should have 2300 tons against 4000 tons in the previous season. A decrease of over 40%.

A Council of Ministers of the Union should adopt this proposal by the end of July. This will probably be one fishing, scheduled for Monday, 15.

Closed between 2005 and 2010, the anchovy fishery in the Gulf of Biscay has reopened with new rules, more or less automatically. The proposed figures derived from the estimated by scientists Ciem to 56,055 tons biomass.

French fishermen will have their share of 10% reduced to 1710 tons against 2070 tons in the 2012-2013 season, and Spain 15,390 tons against 18,630.

More importantly, since the Franco-Spanish agreements in force since 2010, France recovered a part of the Spanish quota. But it is less when the Tac is down, which explains the larger scale of the percentage drop for French.

Story courtesy of Le Marin and the photo Solene Le Roux

Sunny Monday's busy market

The promenade flags hang limp, a sure sign...

of fine weather as the Monday morning mist gives the Bay an almost surreal aura...

signs of the weekends protest meeting against Monsanto are all over the promenade...

as work continues on the new Whery Town skatepark...

dozens of boxes of the Trevessa's megs are stacked four high to save market floor space...

along with a good shot of lemons...

and a sure sign that the water has warmed, plenty of reds moving across the grounds...

even some summer mackerel are finally succumbing to the...

lines of the local boats...

along with the beautiful bass...

and a few blues form the boats working off in the deep water...

quick enough to spot breakfast, a handful of gulls try their luck...

Lady Maureen, one of Brixham's finest beam trawlers graces the quayside in Newlyn with her presence

the latest netter to join the Hosking fleet slays alongside the Silver Dawn...

solid looking oak-on-oak French built Abbi is the latest ship to join the fleet...

more steel has gone aboard the Resurgan as she slowly gets put back to a fishworthy state again...

time for a tone and a half of ice to go aboard the ring netter Asthore as this year's Cornish Sardine season gets under way...

sweating under the morning son another new boat...

gets a gear change, the St Ives registered Tegen Mor is a tidy little ship...

solo gull fly past.

Sunny Saturday in sunny Mount's Bay

Ice time for the Nova Spero...

there's an excess of deck was water...

two up with the beamers...

the survey boat Flat Holm is on charter...

time for the Nova to land...

against the fish market...

though she is one of many boats that overland their fish to other markets...

using local transport like Dennis Oates...

to ports like Plymouth...

Brixham...

or even Breton ports like Douarnenez...

many hands make light work...

the inshore scalloper has a crowded deck...

ideal opportunity and rarity these day, an apprenticeship with a real future and a chance to get a career that could take you allover the world!...

some are looking for a berth...

or there are several boats for sale...

not forgetting the classic steam rally at St Buryan...

beach bliss, one man and his dog and a beer...

good looking menu at the unprepossessing Poolside Cafe in the Jubilee Pool on the prom, an amazing venue on a sunny evening...

the Sasha is getting the Nowell makeover...

and the new crabber now sports her familiar Rowse colour scheme, shame about her nose!

Follow the Ajax on AIS

Summer is here! - it's offical -when the AIS picks ut the track of the netter Ajax woeking over 100 miles from Newlyn you know the weather is fine!...

and this boat is over 800 miles from Newlyn!

'Losing Nemo' is a six-minute, 3D-animated film about the state of the oceans - but how accurate a picture is it? #oversimplification #simplistic #sensationalist

A group of 32 international animators affiliated with animation studio Mr Lee have worked - entirely voluntary for 5 months - on an ambitious animation film project for The Black Fish, bringing attention to the problems of overfishing and the need for action to turn the tide for conservation. The film 'Losing Nemo' is now released online. Visit the Losing Nemo page to watch the film and learn more.




Most people are aware that the oceans aren't doing so well, but what is going on exactly?

'Losing Nemo' is a six-minute, 3D-animated film about the state of the oceans.

The film is the result of months of work by a group of creatives from around the world. They worked on it in between projects that pay the rent. It is our message to the world that we are serious about applying our art to contribute to a better world ;-)


Full list of credits: http://mrleetv.tumblr.com/theblackfishfilm
The Black Fish: http://www.theblackfish.org/film
Mister Lee: www.mrlee.tv

Boats landing in Newlyn - new service for followers of Through the Gaps

From now on, stay in touch with who is going out 

and coming in Through the Gaps 

in Newlyn by checking the top of the page - the news box will be updated as and when news from the boats arrives.

If you are a skipper, simply tweet with the hashtag #newlynauction with landing news or #departnewlyn when you sail - simple!

Briefing the Honourable Company of Fishmongers - Jim Portus SWFPO 2013

To read them and accept all at face value would damn the towed-gear fishing industry as rapists and pillagers. Indeed, this was a term used in all seriousness by one ex-leader of Natural England when, at a conference in London she described SW inshore trawlermen as such to an audience of academics!

There have also been many headlines and articles written about the share-out of British Fish Quotas and who “owns” them.

To quote Greenpeace last week, “The UK small-scale fleet makes up three quarters of the fishing vessels in our waters, and provides two thirds of jobs in the English fleet but gets a farcically tiny slice of the quota cake, just 4%. No, I haven’t missed out a number, I really do mean 4%. Over 95 per cent of the UK’s fishing quota is held by powerful fishing organisations, which represent larger, more destructive vessels and are often dominated by foreign interests that contribute little or nothing to the UK economy.”

What is the truth behind the headlines? The facts are far less controversial than Greenpeace would have you believe.