Mizzly monday morning in Newlyn

Not the best day to be scrubbing off the hull and applying a coat of anti-fouling on the mizzly stat to the week - but then it is the summer solstice, flaming June the 21st and all that, the longest day of the year to boot...

things are much drier inside the fish auction chill rooms, with the turbot netter Celtic Dawn...

putting an excellent shot of Cornish turbot ashore...

leaving young James with just a few of these top fish for his weekend's work...

big ray also fell prey to the big tangle netter's gear...

while one inshore boat picked up a few creepy-crawlies...

the beam trawler Algrie weighed in with a good shot of monk tails...

Dovers...

and brill...

and this cracking one stone plus turbot...

these red mullet, iced and protected by cellophane film contrast nicely against the green boxes of the Stevenson fleet...

the Ygraine's tagle nets also picked up a good haul of brown crab..

to go with their turbot target...

while the gill-netter Stelissa stuck with catching MSC certified hake this trip...

and the odd bull huss...

these guys are tastier than they look, always worth trying out  different fish so if you see some onyour fishmonger's counter give the humble scad a go, good for the grill or BBQ, as soon as the weatherman provides us with the suitable climatic conditions...

why the spurdog got its name...

tub gurnard, sheer culinary piscine pleasure...

Newlyn, home of the hake and no doubt bound for Chelsea... 

not sure that alongside the old fenders is the best place for the 114 year old wooden sailing vessel Irene to be berthed...

while some sleep on...

seems Andrew is one of the few to tough it out this morning...

shellfish vivier transport has arrived to offload the Nicola of Ladram's brown crab catch...

glazing installed, decking almost finished, things are shaping up on the Argoe front.

It's a fresh #FishyFriday in Newlyn this morning.

Good to see a handful of visiting boats taking advantage of the fishing grounds off Cornwall...

along with local boats like the Annie May making a solid landing of monk and turbot...

yesterday saw a handful of lucky handliners pull strings of mackerel aboard

Cod was one of the bigger players in the feeding frenzy...

the unmistakable tub gurnard...

but to which fish does this huge gaping mouth belong?..

the one with the spots is easy to ID...

the beam trawler St Georges had a bonus haul of red mullet, not a fish they normally catch in any quantity...

their staple diet being Dover...

or megrim sole...

the netter Ocean Pride picked up a good run of hake...

this hake throat will be one of the delights on offer at Argoe, a new restaurant due to open in July situated right in the harbour bounds serving only seasonal fish with plenty of al fresco seating...

lobsters are the subject of some debate with the second reading of the Sentience Bill in the House of Lords which seeks to accord certain species rights to humane treatment...

with few wreck netters these days blackjacks (coley) as seen less often up for auction...

and the days when boats used to target conger eels in any quantity are long gone...

 660 stone (4,000kg) on the deck of the KimBill longlining in one night for example...

and of course, the lovely looking ling...

best of the 'butt...

cod are also not seen in any quantity these days as few Newlyn boats trawl in the (Bristol) channel...

these crab pots have were crept up after being lost for many months...

in the future, these highly manouverable sardine boats...

with their season about to start...

will be berthed against the Mary Williams pier...

plenty of work deck on this classic Salcombe crabber...

Pelagic Marskman on the slip, more news on her to come.

 

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