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Friday 5 August 2016

Tiz #FishyFriday in Newlyn


Name this seaside fish...


beasts from the deeps


looks like tis cod swam into a brick wall...


the 'ansum 'ake...


almost more buyers than boxes on this quiet #FishyFriday...


the biggest boat in the port is on the slip...


8 dredges a side on the old Sapphire...


sardine boats at the ready.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Don't miss this opportunity to livestream with Newfoundland's IMC Conference in Newfoundland!

An open invitation to all fishermen and others involved in the industry from IMCC in Newfoundland

The broadcast should start around 1830 Thursday evening (UK time) .





Join Maria Campbell Plymouth University, Edd Hind Manchester Metropolitan University, Laurence Hartwell Truro & Penwith College, Richard Lilley Cardiff University and Katrina Borrow Mindfully Wired Communications at the International Marine Conservation Congress in St Johns on Thursday 4th August at 630 pm for a live stream of this facilitated discussion using Bambuser

We piloted this tech at the finale of the Gap2 Project, and a conference that was capped at 120 attendees, reached over 400. Laurence set up a dedicated station in one of the UK's largest fishing ports, Newlyn, and fishermen could join in on whatever aspect of the meeting they wanted to be part of, and thus contribute to the conference.

How can we make marine science matter if we do not allow all stakeholders/actors to be present in this dialogue? We must be better at using technology that facilitates stakeholder engagement and enables co-ownership: Critical if we are to encourage active participation in marine conservation and to support evidence based decision making.



All in a day in Newlyn.


Keeping the ocean clean, another bag of sea litter from the Karen of Ladram...


both sets of beam trawls to be overhauled on the Sapphire II...


luckily, one of Newlyn's finest is on deck to assist...


that name is a blast from the past...


a busy time for the inshore boats...


just the two beam trawlers for this morning's market...


just enough to keep the buyers happy...


with limited supplies of Dover sole - especially given the number that are dumped at sea because of a lack of quota, yet they are more abundant than ever with Belgian beam trawlers filling their cod-ends......


much the same story with the haddock, all set to become the problem choke species when the LO comes into full force...


the mighty mackerel returns...


guess the fish?...


a 'dinner plate' turbot...


almost the end of the sale on Newlyn market...


skipper Don Liddicoat, the face of a man who has been there done that and has a draw load of t-shirts to prove it...


as he uses a spring to get the 200 ton Filadelfia away from the market quayside...


before heading back to a berth in what is a crowded harbour over the spring tide...


a chance for some  of the netters to get their annual visit over and done with for a coat of anti-fouling on the hull and new anodes...


there's a top coat of paint just gone on the Golden Harvest looks like a Through the Gaps scene on her stern...


with her new numbers...


and name she is all set for her first night on the sardines, maybe Friday if the weather holds good...


there's some powerful things going on on the Mount again with some Divine intervention possibly.

Monday 1 August 2016

Monday morning's market on Newlyn


On this morning's market, haddock...


monk tails...


a couple of blues go head-to-head...


while boxes of big rays...


and langoustine would indicate a trip well north of the Scillys...


from the inshore boats there were pollack...


and mackerel...


for the buyers to get busy with...


along with MSC Certified hake form the Ajax... 


and a handful of tub gurnards...


with what looks like the chance of heavy rain later in the day with those heavy clouds overhead...


it took two trips to sea overnight for the Asthore to land a full load of Cornish sardines back in port...
a


all of which are brailed ashore 300 kg at a time...


into... 


ready for the lorry to arrive from Ocean Fish to take them away to Roche to be packed and distributed...



astern of the Asthore another member of the fleet, the scalloper Men ar Du takes ice...


all set for sea when the weather breaks, the Brixham scalloper, BM19 Marine Emiel under one of the port's youngest skippers, Dominic Welsh...


the poor forecast will keep many of these yachts in port for the next day or so...


the heavy clouds over the Mount tell their own story...


the Brixham registered inshore trawler, BM556 Rising Dawn will get in a couple of tows before the end of the day.

Sunday 31 July 2016

Raft Race day


It's hard work rowing a submerged raft...


but the Miller's crew persevre...


to the bitter end...



great to see the Mackerel Sky cafe on Newlyn Bridge making the best of local ingredients - brown and spider crab too!

Saturday 30 July 2016

The #ManEngine came to town!


The Man Engine, standing over 40' tall...


Europe's biggest puppet stood erect in Market Jew Street, Penzance on Saturday watched by an estimated 20,000 people...


operated by a team of puppeteers...


the huge mechanical marvel thralled adults and children belching steam and emitting industrial utterances!