Welcome to Through the Gaps, the UK fishing industry's most comprehensive information and image resource. Newlyn is England's largest fish market and where over 50 species are regularly landed from handline, trawl, net, ring net and pot vessels including #MSC Certified #Hake, #Cornish Sardine, handlined bass, pollack and mackerel. Art work, graphics and digital fishing industry images available from stock or on commission.
Fish caught by every method used by the fleet in Newlyn filled all four market fridges this morning...
including a good run of MSC Certified hake from the big netters...
all of whom have made good landings of...
big spurdogs...
these rare Mediterranean sure to fetch a premium price are just in time to be snapped up and served over the Bank Holiday weekend by a local restaurant...
just one example of the wide range of fish caught and landed by the inshore fleet...
while the big beam trawlers target fish like monk...
the visiting netters always pick up good shots of John Dory west of the Scillys...
they also prefer to land their monk whole - as is their practise in their home ports in Scotland...
fish like red mullet...
brill...
and ray...
are caught in good quantities by the big beam trawl fleet...
it might be May but there's a distinct nip in the air this morning...
despite the blazing sunshine...
that keeps the buyers and porters on the move...
as they head en-mass for the next boat to be sold...
all is calm in the harbour...
the number of visiting yachts on the pontoon berths an indication that the sailing season is now officially underway...
the innovative sorting pounds installed on the Spirited Lady III...
together with her heavy combination bridles that travel ahead of the trawl designed to disturb the seabed and drive flatfish out of the sand and into the path of the oncoming trawl...
the company's heraldic shield...
a sure sign...
waiting for fuel with light winds forecast...
as ever time moves at a slower pace on Cornish clocks when it comes to pub times.
is now, as of May 1st in season, the book features nine recipes for plaice, just 1% of the number featured in the hefty tome...
which also includes these fish in season...
there's no mention of the Greater Weaver, despite its good eating...
these beauties still sporting the spines of their excruciating-pain-inducing dorsal fins should the unwary step on them as they lay buried in sandy beaches - Sennen and Gwenva being prime examples...
also sporting plenty of spines but of the non-toxic variety recipes for John Dory are also included in the book, though the fish at the time would not seem to be held in such high esteem as it is today judging by the rather basic recipes therein...
there's still poor picking with the mackerel boys...
though many of these handliners have been picking away at pollack instead...
while the inshore boats that landed today concentrated on bulk white fish like haddock...
the odd turbot...
and coley...
caught by that master of the 'pollack board'...
young Mr Smith with his fast boat, Maverick...
this is what happens to the hake nets used by the Nelwyn netting fleet when they are lost on the seabed - little chance of ghost fishing as the tide soon rolls the nets into a tight tangle...
is equipped with viviers (seawater tanks supplied with air) for the purposes of shipping live shellfish like crab and lobster...
a portrait of the Imogen I...
once a familiar sight in Newlyn, owned and skippered by Dr Dory, young Roger Nowell...
not often you see a dead seagull in Newlyn...
plenty of timber used in the construction of the eco-friendly lifeboat house...
missing in any quantity from the catch logs of Cornish fishing boat for over forty years it would be a shame to see these amazing shellfish over-fished again - so IFCA are reminding everyone of the local by-laws designed to encourage stock growth...
looks like one of the port's most eco-aware fishermen is at sea again, to save his legs or lack of them, from the walk to and fro' home, Cap'n Cod takes the electric buggy down to the boat every day before heading off to sea with his handlines and rods...
won't be long long before the keys are handed over to Patch and the boys...
who much prefer to see these two boats exactly where they are now...
Galilee taking a little longer than 6 days to complete...
The Anthinéas, one of the trawlers transformed to fish with the Danish seine, with the Sands. Fuel economy, quality fish ... the success of this fishery worries the neighbours. The Anthinéas, one of the trawlers transformed to fish with the Danish seine, with the Sands. Fuel economy, quality fish ... the success of this fishery worries the neighbours.
The fisheries committee of Poitou-Charentes has voted for the ban along the coast. A blow to the new boats of Les Sables-d'Olonne. " Unity is strength. If the fishermen fight each other, we will pay all the consequences, " pleaded José Jouneau, the president of the regional fisheries committee. The controversy swells around the Danish seine. A technique used since 2010 by a dozen boats, mainly from Les Sables-d'Olonne, and some of La Turballe and Pornic. Last episode : Monday, the committee of Poitou-Charentes pronounced, for the third time but unanimously, in favour of the prohibition of this technique of fishing in the band of "12 miles", about twenty kilometers offshore. It is then up to the regional prefect to decide. Last year, that of Aquitaine followed the opinion of the fishermen. For the Sablais, the scope of this decision could be of a different scale. While boats rarely go to Gironde, they often fish in Charente-Maritime, off the islands of Ré or Oléron. "It would be likely to call into question the economic profitability of our ships, calculates Jacques Lebrevellec, the director of the Acav, the Vendée cooperative armament, based in Les Sables, co-owner of several seiners. And overall a whole sector: fishmongers, auction, etc. " "Slippage" Why this ban? "The machine is hyper-performance, says Eric Renaud, vice president of the committee of Poitou-Charentes. Initially, two vessels benefited from exemptions. For two years, with more hindsight, professionals have changed their position. We must manage the resource for our small vessels." The manager mentions the Channel, where this technique was authorised earlier. "There were clashes, with Dutch ships of 35 meters." The Acav disputes the first decree before the Administrative Court. That of Poitou-Charentes will be too, perhaps in summary. Less fuel The Danish seine has been an upheaval in Les Sables. After trips to Iceland, fishermen have launched, invested and laid up their boats for several months to transform. The advantage? Softer, the technique is less fuel intensive. The fish is of better quality, the species are different. This helped to boost the auction of Les Sable, now the fourth in France. Faced with this success, the neighbours are worried. The national fisheries committee has tried an agreement between regions. In vain: the last meeting, at the end of September, ended on a failure. "We asked for state mediation," said José Jouneau, vice-president. That everyone becomes aware of the scope of these decisions. " Because the context, in full reform of European politics, remains complicated. "Quotas are always down. We are still told 40 % less . Certainly, we should succeed in negotiating. But in the end, each year the impact is greater. " Seiners, who normally fish for other fish, will refer, in part, to quota species. "There will be more people for a smaller amount. The strong limitation of the Channel Bass will also have the same consequences. " José Jouneau advocates for a "multi-species and multi-year" approach: broad and long-term negotiations. " Without visibility to more than a year, how can a company get by ?
