Not quite a flaming June #FishyFriday morning in Newlyn.

Four hours into the light and the day is looking good...

with a market pretty much end-to-end with fish...

including this good shot of turbot from the Stelissa's trip...

which also featured a smattering of monk cheeks...

and a solitary blue shark...

while the Twlight III made a good landing of witches from her trip, which may be the last for some time having been towed in by the Treevssa IV after her main engine seized while fishing west of Scilly...

red mullet...

and langoustine helped make a quality landing...

the same going for all the inshore boats like the Spirited Lady III all making he best of the settled weather to put in the time...

what's yer favourite colour blue...

at this time of year megrims make up a bg part of a beam trawlers trips when fishing the deeper water...

though Dovers ...

and monk tails are still a feature of the landing sheet...

unlike the news with the handliners chasing mackerel, this box pretty much sums up the landings of these summertime fish a the moment...

so many of the boats have been successfully chasing pollack instead, though having to travel a air way off in manybcases...

though not as far as young Mr Smith of course...

both sides of the turbot...

and a sign from the Dovers...

the season for turbot is short lived at this time of year so those that do chase them try and make the most of the time they have......

let's hope there is more than just an empty landings sheet over the weekend for Monday's market...

no doubt the big grey boat is hoping to sniff out some illicit imports over the coming weeks...

the pontoon berths are up to capacity, the Sandy Cove Project would effectively double the size of the harbour and allow for many more visitors than the harbour can contend with at the moment...

and provide plenty of space for boats like this sardine boat to repair their gear...

it's a hazy bay that is home to the Mount this morning.

 

There's sandbanks and Sandbanks

 

Aggregate suction dredger, Cemex Go Innovator passes the Sandbanks - Swanage chain ferry, shot from Brownsea Island..

while Time and Tide heads for Poole, shot from Sandbanks...

while local Swanage boat prepares to come round and pick up a buff west side of Peveril Point, home to Swanage NCI, the second watch station ever to be opened after Bass Point on the Lizard.

The Second Sea: An illustrated talk from ex-skipper Des Hannigan

Des Hannigan talks about the SECOND SEA, his name for the impressions that professional seagoers retain in their deep memory.

The talk is built round excerpts about the sea from the works of famous writers and poets and also from Atlantic Cornwall, Des Hannigan’s own popular trilogy of prose and poetry about Cornish deep water fishing and the county’s extreme sea cliff landscapes.

Des is a journalist and travel writer who has written over fifty books for Lonely Planet and AA Publishing.

Tickets are allocated by a ballot system. Please email enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk or call 01736 364474 to be entered into the ballot for a ticket. The ballot closes on Monday 19th June. Entry is £5 by donation to help raise funds for Morrab Library

Refreshments will be provided after the talk.

Fish of the week 29 - moray eel

 

Not a fish you see every day on the fish market in Newlyn. This 3.6kg moray eel was landed in May last year by a beam trawler working south west of Scilly. The first recorded catch was back in 2009, ironically by the same boat. As any fan of David Attenborough knows, The fish is normally found in tropical waters swimming amongst rocks and coral reefs so an event like this is rare indeed.  On catching unusual fish like this, fishermen throw them back if they are still alive.

Fish of the week 28 - the nursehound.

 

More often than not these larger versions of the lesser spotted dogfish are known as bull huss. They can be caught by any fishing method but are not generally landed in any great quantity to the market. The largest species of cat shark in UK waters reaching 160cm in length. The nursehound or bull huss are the most commonly used names but its official name is the greater spotted catshark. Bull huss are closely related to the Lesser spotted dogfish. 

According to the Cornwall Good Seafood Guide, they are not generally targeted by Cornish fishermen although their meat is good to eat - as a member of the shark family the fish are best eaten steaked and then grilled or barbecued - bones of cartilage make them an easy fish to cook and eat - once the art of removing the tough skin is mastered!

More than a fresh breeze - not so #FishyFriday

One of the few Scottish prawn boats able to come this far up the harbour owing to her shallower draft than the bigger boats...

two days of near gale conditions see the crab fleet at rest...

fishing is an an eclectic mix...

a man happy in his work...

looks like another Normandy Fastnet yacht didn't make it to the finish line.

World oceans day - Newlyn.

 Where the North Atlantic Ocean meets the land.