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| Twelve hours after the Penlee lifeboat was lost the Nelwyn trawler Fern under skipper Alan Goddard searches for any signs of survivors off Tater Dhu alongside the St Mary's lifeboat and Rescue 192 from Culdrose. |
Saturday, 20 December 2014
Penlee 33 years ago.
Fishing in 1991
Fishing in 1991
There's a familiar ring to the stories from this TV report on the fishing - even though it is 1991!
1500 fish merchants and 100 trains were operating out of Grimsby in its heyday. Listen to the minister (10:30) talk about technical measures and regional control. Little recognition that the government was just as complicit in building a huge fleet of modern boats as the fishermen with the resultant decline in stocks. Today, Wick, Scrabster, Banff, Buckie, Peterhead, Fraesburgh, Eyemouth, North Shields, Whitby, Scarborough, Grimsby and Lowestoft have but a fraction of the boats there were in 1992.
Friday, 19 December 2014
It's the last #FishyFriday of 2014 - make it a good one for fishermen everywhere!
Tools of the trade for fish market staff...
with a good mix of fish on sale...
bass always put a smile on a trawlerman's face...
the writing's on the wall, well the ink is on the door as it were, a sure sign of cuttles on the market...
and sure enough there are several good hauls from the beamers...
like a Christmas selection box, name them fish...
tell-tale signs that there's black gold on the market...
though why there are boxes up-ended in the tubs remains a mystery...
how good would it be to have a few of these beauties grilled for supper...
big, bad bass from Newlyn...
it's a sole but what kind?...
last of the netters to land this year, the Govenek of Ladram alongside the fish market...
the Wayfinder is now minus her wheelhouse....
Newlyn Harbour Christmas lights.
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Photo from the archives.
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| The Fern alongside the Pilot's office steps by the crane in Newlyn |
but who is the guy in the background on the deck and who is that man in the water? He can tell you the water is cold which is a fairly obscure clue.
Primary schools' end of year report - did your region get an A?
Despite having more fishermen than any other region in the UK, the South West's MSC end of year report might find some report envelopes languishing in the bottom of school bags rather than being thrust into the hands of happy governors!
For its first “end of year report”, which assessed how well-prepared primary schools across England are for the School Food Standards, the MSC took data from its Chain of Custody programme – the only global standard that ensures sustainable seafood is traceable from ocean to plate.
The report found that there were dramatic differences in regional trends across England’s 156 local education authorities with the best regions receiving an A* grade and the worst with a D.
Of the 2,416 state-funded primary schools that serve certified sustainable fish in their canteens, 1,465 schools are in the north of England and the Midlands, while the combined figure for the south-west, south-east and London is only 951.
The Midlands come out on top as a region and Solihull was awarded an A* grade, while Birmingham and Coventry were each awarded an A. In the north, Bolton, Cheshire East & West, Durham, Oldham, Stockport and Tameside were graded at A, bringing the regional grade to an A, despite Yorkshire being entirely unrepresented.
In the south-east, Brighton & Hove was graded A*, meanwhile, the south-west only reached a D grade because of very low representation.
Although only 14% of England’s 16,784 state-funded primary schools currently provide a choice of certified sustainable fish in canteens, that already equates to an estimated 640,000 of the 4.3mil state primary school children in England.
Toby Middleton, UK senior country manager said, “We applaud all the hard work that the A-grade LEAs have been awarded for this first report. But 70% of England’s LEAs are missing an opportunity to celebrate marine sustainability.
“We encourage more LEAs to take up government guidelines and join the growing community of MSC-certified schools. We hope that by the time we run these numbers again, more LEAs will make the grade. In the meantime, we can help those with low grades do better and for those not even on the map this year, we can help them show up for the exam.
“If England’s 4.3m primary school children can help safeguard fish stocks for their own generation and the ones that follow, we are off to a good start in transforming the supply of seafood to a sustainable basis and recognising the efforts of pioneer fisheries that make a difference on the water.”
Schools in England currently spend an estimated £43m on fish each year, according to campaigners at Sustainable Fish City who pushed for sustainable fish to become part of the Government Buying Standards introduced in 2011.
From January 2015, new School Food Standards will become mandatory and contain recommendations that schools “choose fish from verifiably sustainable sources and ideally MSC”.
For its first “end of year report”, which assessed how well-prepared primary schools across England are for the School Food Standards, the MSC took data from its Chain of Custody programme – the only global standard that ensures sustainable seafood is traceable from ocean to plate.
The report found that there were dramatic differences in regional trends across England’s 156 local education authorities with the best regions receiving an A* grade and the worst with a D.
Of the 2,416 state-funded primary schools that serve certified sustainable fish in their canteens, 1,465 schools are in the north of England and the Midlands, while the combined figure for the south-west, south-east and London is only 951.
The Midlands come out on top as a region and Solihull was awarded an A* grade, while Birmingham and Coventry were each awarded an A. In the north, Bolton, Cheshire East & West, Durham, Oldham, Stockport and Tameside were graded at A, bringing the regional grade to an A, despite Yorkshire being entirely unrepresented.
In the south-east, Brighton & Hove was graded A*, meanwhile, the south-west only reached a D grade because of very low representation.
Although only 14% of England’s 16,784 state-funded primary schools currently provide a choice of certified sustainable fish in canteens, that already equates to an estimated 640,000 of the 4.3mil state primary school children in England.
Toby Middleton, UK senior country manager said, “We applaud all the hard work that the A-grade LEAs have been awarded for this first report. But 70% of England’s LEAs are missing an opportunity to celebrate marine sustainability.
“We encourage more LEAs to take up government guidelines and join the growing community of MSC-certified schools. We hope that by the time we run these numbers again, more LEAs will make the grade. In the meantime, we can help those with low grades do better and for those not even on the map this year, we can help them show up for the exam.
“If England’s 4.3m primary school children can help safeguard fish stocks for their own generation and the ones that follow, we are off to a good start in transforming the supply of seafood to a sustainable basis and recognising the efforts of pioneer fisheries that make a difference on the water.”
Schools in England currently spend an estimated £43m on fish each year, according to campaigners at Sustainable Fish City who pushed for sustainable fish to become part of the Government Buying Standards introduced in 2011.
From January 2015, new School Food Standards will become mandatory and contain recommendations that schools “choose fish from verifiably sustainable sources and ideally MSC”.
Fishermen are just wrong says Fisheries Minister, George Eustice on BBC TV
Fisheries Minister George Eustice was interviewed for BBC TV's Spotlight (covers the South West) last evening.
Just a small sample off comments following this years decisions on quotas for 2015.
Fishing quotas defy scientists’ advice EU decision to increase allowed catches in most areas good news for British fishermen, but conservationists are dismayed - Guardian
Seems like a similar response across the water in France!
Quotas de pêche en Europe: les pêcheurs satisfaits pour 2015, les ONG beaucoup moins http://t.co/rlERBpjNaM
— Yannick Chaudron (@Biomarine_fr) December 18, 2014
Thursday's market with five big beam trawler and net trips.
The end of the year is nigh...
and the fish on Newlyn gets rushed away as soon as it is sold...
these lovely lemons didn't hang around...
and there was plenty of cuttles...
to keep the buyers happy...
even the pollack comes gift wrapped at this time of year...
while the cod just get bigger and bigger...
don't forget the Newlyn Fishermen's forum meeting today at 1pm at Seafood Cornwall Training...
there was fish stacked out to the market doors...
just racing off the auction floor...
including pollack from the netter Stelissa...
keeping the buyers busy...
stack 'em high for Christmas, Ian gets a helping hand...
while outside the harbour prepares for another blustery day...
with most of the boats now tied up for the break...
the harbour looks well busy.
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