Monk and megrim on a Monday Monday morning.

Monk tails...

and megrims...

ray...

and red mullet...

name these fish?...

haddock...

and even bigger monk tails...

plenty of fish to keep the buyers busy this Monday morning...

and the Ninja photographer...

now where is that otolith...

this morning's prices seem to be the cause of some consternation judging by Colin's reaction...

though putting the boot in would seem to be a little drastic...

what seals do to net fish given the chance...

all eyes on auctioneer Ryan...

#bass, the subject of a story on last night's #Countryfile - just where did they get the data from to calculate that anglers account for 25% of the bass landed in the UK? - ...

looking down the viewfinder...

just a solitary grey mullet on the market this morning...

it is that time of year again, spawning time so there are good supplies of big roe on the market, maybe some homemade Taramasalata is called for...

king of the claws...

no sign of landed discards as yet on the market but other ports are reporting the tipping of such fish...

not something to worry the netting fleet when fishing form white fish as they use 125mm mesh nets so they do not catch undersized fish at all...

the mackerel men would be happy to see bigger shoals these days...

a 4 kilo turbot staked up would be ideal for a restaurant on the 'specials of the day' board...

on a good day the bulk of a netter's trip of hake fall in the 2-3 kg grade...

just the two beam trawlers this morning...

but with the UK about to be hit by the remnants of snowstorm Jonas due to hit the south west tomorrow afternoon bringing strong to gale force winds for the next few days most of the fleet will be held in port...

though the netters are bound by the tides of course and at the moment the big Spring tide for once coincides with the impending poor weather.

Early morning action in Newlyn.

Just a short selection of clips catching a few boats in the fleet as they return to Newlyn - Silver Dawn just before dawn, the beam trawler Billy Rowney and the netter Stelissa, plus a few herring being landed by the ring netter Asthore.

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Come rain or snow, storms or blazing sunrises, now you can watch the action, live as it happens and follow the fleet as they leave and return Through the Gaps in Newlyn! Use an AIS service like VesselTracker to follow your favourite boat at sea and then watch them live entering the harbour - and check out the weather at the same time.

The livestreaming service has been kindly supplied courtesy of Camsecure and South West Digital - between them the companies cater for a wide variety of web and home based digital content from satellite TV aerial installation to web based CCTV - especially useful for monitoring and safety purposes.

As the sun goes down or at night you will notice a sequence of three flashes - this is the Low Lee buoy - an eastern cardinal marker warning shipping of danger on its west side - the Low Lee reef.

More information about the buoyage system managed by Trinity House can be found here.

Saturday scenes

Heading back in, the Billy Rowney...

makes for the gaps of Newlyn Harbour...

as skipper Peter unleashes the night's work...

a 5 ton haul of herring...

easily identifiable with their upturned noses...

the ring netter Asthore was built for the job...

the fish are brailled from the tanks on the boat...

filled with iced water...

to keep the fish in top condition...

before they are offloaded...

into the insulated tubs, also full of iced water...

the harbour is host to more than just a fishing fleet, Saturday mornings sees some of the gig teams out practising while it is too choppy to head for the Bay with a crew of novices...

flying the flag...

for Cornish herring this morning...

with a fly-by from the expectant gull population out looking for breakfast...

back home at the end of her trip, having landed in France, the gill netter Stelissa...

major work is needed aboard the Trevessa IV so it is time to clear the decks...

the decommissioned Excellent, still looking for a home to go to, latest suggestion is to turn her upside down and make her into a meeting-place-come-cafe for fishermen to replace the now closed Mission cafe...

lost cargo Vanish bottles appear to be appearing everywhere!..

the last of the Stevenson trawlers, the Cathryn and a big sister astern...

in the pink...

she would make an 'Excellent' Cafe!

Flooded with fish on #FishyFriday, and a little drop of rain too!

Cool cod...

delicious Dory...

all get logged by Cefas collecting landing data...

and this morning there is plenty of fish to chose fromt...

 with big trips from four of the port's beam trawl fleet...

though it is a case of horses for courses when it comes to certain kinds of fish and the method employed by the boat to fish - in this instance, two hake are the entire catch of the beam trawler Resurgam after a week at sea - that is why the port has developed a fleet of gill netters to catch hake and big white fish like pollack...

beam trawlers successfully target fish like these brill that hug the seabed much more closely than free swimming predatory hake...

and turbot...

gurnard...

monk...

and megrims...

and more brill from the Sapphire II...

at the other end of the market there are plenty of fish from the netter Ajax...

to keep the buyers busy checking what they can pay...

with fish being landed in every major European port this morning prices are not likely to be especially high...

 even for quality fish like hake...

and there is plenty more yet to sell...

keeping in the black not the red...

and this time there are two cracking bream - one gilt-nosed...

the other is Couch's bream, easily identifiable by the white tips on the tail...

and the gold or gilt band across the nose of the bream...

enough to put a smile on all the market faces this morning...

as the last of the fish ate tagged...

the netter Silver dawn makes it back into port to land.