It's all at the Co-op now!

Welcome to the new under 15 Metre Fishermen's Cooperative based in the busy fishing port of Brixham, South Devon.

We are very much in the early stages of planning and asking interested fishermen/vessel owners to leave their contact details either my phone, text , or email. This site will be a platform for potential members to be kept upto date with the planning, implementation and to publicise any meeting dates etc. If you have any ideas or points to make and would like to be involved please get in touch.

Why a coop? Well it has been stated many times by vessel owners and fishermen that this category of boats, lack support and represeantion. Small enough to be inshore boats yet fishing outside the 6 mile limit when in need. There are assocaitions that represent the under 10 fleet and larger boats yet we go unmentioned on many occasions. No fishermen want a one sided association and therfore a cooperative of fishermen fits the democratic manner in which fishemen want to operate, this includes all vessels under 15 metres in length and any form of catch method on a commercial basis.

Times have changed with the ever growing changes in rules and regulations of the industry and the publics' desire to know more about where their food comes from. Along with all the other problems and politics fishermen face, its now time to come together and make some changes towards a positive fishing future.

“A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.”

Go to the new web site for more information and register your interest.

Friday's child is full of fish

Two big beam trawler trips and three inshore trawlers plus the Ajax's hake and white big fish make up Friday's market news...

worth a few Dovers on the ground...

and plaice...

there were some top-drawer flats like this one -box turbot...

sure to make the skipper smile, the Shiralee put ashore 16 boxes of squid which made around £4.50...

unusual to see a boat 'winging' ray at sea, the frames are used by the crabbers for bait in their pots......

beautiful big blackjacks...

there's some funny money of the market again...

the Ajax's hake made good money this morning...

thought there is plenty of wind blowing in from the Bay

the big Breton stern trawler, Damien Florient was escorted in to Newlyn by the Navy on Wednesday morning is to appear in court allegedly for mesh offences...

she is big enough to carry three net drums in her stern gantry...

seems the breeze is a tad fresh this morning!

Call it misty

Warm and muggy Penzance promenade evening.

Footage of Greenpeace being confronted by Russian force

Russian special forces move in to end the assault by Greenpeace on the Gazprom Arctic oil rig.

At first, the orange and black Greenpeace rib moves in to prevent or stall the the special forces aboard their ribs from hauling down the boarders.

That is until 1m 30s in when you sense the Greenpeace activists trying to scale the rig are made only too well aware that the guys trying to stop them aren't likely to wear artificial fur and eat lentils. #whodareswins #savethearctic

Greenpeace head of Arctic, Ben Ayliffe, debates blogger, Raheem Kassam on why peaceful protesters were in Russia to stop Gazprom from drilling in the Arctic.

Marine Scotland will be hosting the UK Stakeholder meeting ahead of this year's autumn fisheries negotiations

Marine Scotland will be hosting the UK Stakeholder meeting on the afternoon of 29th October 2013 at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. The event provides an opportunity for UK Fisheries Ministers and senior officials to hear stakeholder views ahead of the 2013 autumn fisheries negotiations.

There will also be an introductory session on the UK Balance of Competencies review. The review is an objective look at the benefits, or disadvantages of the current situation with regard to UK and EU competence in each policy area, with Fisheries policy being considered this autumn, along with agriculture. To inform the review, Defra will seek evidence from as wide a range of stakeholders as possible during a consultation period running from October to January.

The schedule for the afternoon will be as follows:

        12:45           Lunch available

        13:00 – 14:00    Balance of Competencies session

        14:00 – 14:30   Tea & Coffee

        14:30 – 17:00   Autumn Negotiations meeting in the presence of UK Fisheries Ministers and officials.

Please confirm your attendance by email to leeanne.mullan@scotland.gsi.gov.uk by 10th October 2013. 

Fishwives Choir soloist Hannah Pascoe leads an Autumn Concert in Penzance

We are pleased to confirm that soloists: Hannah Pascoe, Angela Thomas, Ben Hoadley, Jack Vosper and accompanist Clive Ellison are all volunteering their time to put on an Autumn concert in aid of the Fishermen’s Mission. To be held in the stunning Mansion House, Gems Bolitho School this is going to be a unique one of night. Songs from the shows, some opera and classical music too, all in aid of the Fishermen’s Mission & we are delighted that Hannah Pascoe is putting on such an exciting fundraiser. Newlyn Cheese and Charcuterie Shop will be providing cheese and biscuits on the night as well as a glass of wine.

This is an unique event and only 100 tickets are available for the night. They have just gone on sale and are available at W Stevensons & Sons Fishmongers in Newlyn & Penzance, The Cheese Shop and the Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn as well as Morrab Studios in Penzance.

Friday the 11th October, £7.50 per ticket. Concert begins at 7.30pm at Gems Bolitho School.

Up from the deep - one unusual Cornish crab!

Will Treneer ‏@Sovereign_FH25

3h

Any one know what this is, was in one of the store pots?