Salvage video - Local tug boat Danmark pulls stranded yacht, Get Knotted from the rocks.

Penlee lifeboat was tasked at 0715 on Sunday 26th August, together with the Penlee Lifeboat (ILB), by Falmouth Coastguard Operations Centre following a report that a yacht was on rocks near the Bus Station, Penzance.

Quickly on scene Penlee ILB reported that the Yacht was on rocks near to the Three Tunnels under Chy-an-Dour Cliff and they were deploying a crew member at the closest steps to investigate the welfare of the single occupant.

Penlee All-Weather Lifeboat (ALB) had also been requested and had arrived close to the area. Arriving on scene scene we deployed water rescue equipment and first aid kit and made our way to the location, in the meantime the ILB Crewman reported that the lone occupant of the yacht, who had injured his hip in a fall when the yacht grounded, had been encouraged off the vessel as the sea was breaking over the stern of the vessel. His two dogs had also jumped ashore.

The team was with the casualty, who was immobile on the rocks and close to the sea, a medical assessment was made and a request for an ambulance made. In the meantime his hip was immobilised and he was placed onto our stretcher to be carried up the rocks and over the wall to the cycle path, additional lifeboat crew had joined us to assist in the operation.

With some difficulty the male aged 64 was conveyed up to the cycle path for a more in-depth medical assessment, following this he was carried to an awaiting ambulance close to the bus station. His dogs were also recovered and led away to the care of the local Police. 

By Sunday afternoon preparations were underway to pull the yacht from the rocks at high water as it was in danger of breaking up due to a light swell running in the bay.

As high water approached the yacht was still firmly held by the rocks of the armoured sea wall adjacent to the mainline railway into Penzance station...

the stranded yacht had attracted  small crowd of onlookers all day...

Penzance harbourmaster Neil Clark was there to advise the Coastguard Rescue team who arrived as a precaution...

to assist the tug Danmark in the salvage attempt...

with the yachts anchor line firmly held by rocks under the water the salvage team had to put another towline aboard the yacht...

before she was eventually towed off the rocks...

and on her way to Penzance Harbour to dry out on a falling tide which would then allow her to be pumped empty of water and the hole in her side patched.

Irish Fishing News and technical factsheets from BIM.

@BordIascMhara have released a fantastic new set of #factsheets for their technical solutions to selectivity. They have also released a short video that outlines the direction of BIM over the next two years.

Commercial fishermen training opportunities through Seafish

Thanks to continued support from the EU (through EMFF funds) and the MCA, Seafish has secured additional funding to support commercial fishermen undertaking voluntary safety-related training. Seafish actively encourage fishermen to undertake training to develop their safety knowledge and skills beyond minimum legal requirements. Following a previous successful EMFF funding project, Seafish submitted another bid for EMFF funding which has been approved by the MMO with funding for fishermen in England now available until Mar 2020.

Funding deadlines across the rest of the UK vary with funding in Scotland available until September 2018, in Northern Ireland until December 2018 and in Wales until March 2019.

This funding is accessible to new entrants and commercial fishermen who are fully compliant with Basic Safety Training Regulations. Funding is available to support training in the following areas although we will consider other safety related courses:

Refresher training- Basic course and advanced courses for example fire-fighting and first aid

• Navigation
• Engineering
• Stability Awareness
• Radio
• New Entrant training - Introduction to Commercial Fishing course
• Deck and Engineering Certificates of Competency

For more information please contact the Seafish Training Team on 01472 252346

Final #FishyFriday for August in Newlyn.

Glorious start for anyone lucky enough to be in the far west of Cornwall...

this morning...

I-spy a mid-water trawl, one of these has not been seen aboard a trawler in Newlyn since the 1980s...

we live in hope...

Annie-May alongside the market and full of fish from wrecks and rough ground...

landings of hake on the market this morning from netters like the Ajax...

and Britannia V...

brain fish like haddock...

hake, predators of the oceans...

stunning red mullet...

and from the beam trawlers lemon sole...

big ray...

and line caught bass from a few of the inshore boats...

all grades of megrim soles...

the odd big turbot...

with enough fish to spread into the extra market space...

the Filadelfia made a good landing of witches, often confused with megrims...

four sizes of John Dory from the Sapphire II...

and a few lemons from Don...

while the Sowenna fishing from the Scillys is never far from good John Dory at this time of year...

or big blondes...

some hake are too big even for the largest market boxes...

name that fish?..

hake tales (sic)...

the glaring eye of the spurdog...

in a quiet moment, Mr Cripps contemplates the state of the world...

the business part of the netter Annie May...

the Resurgam's refit is nearing completion...

just some of the fleet in for the weekend...

including this Norwegian visitor...

the fleet...

green gear aboard the sardine boat...

and the trawler Still Waters...

net drums allow smaller trawlers to work larger nets than they would otherwise be able to handle on the deck...

keeping the vivier tanks fresh in the shellfish transport...

upon reflection...

out with the old...

and in with the new footpath access to the new RNLI building...

where the groundwork is currently in progress.

Latest info for the fishing industry from today's "No Deal" advice.

Businesses exporting to the EU in a 29 March 2019 ‘no deal’ scenario.

After the UK leaves the EU, in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario, businesses exporting goods to the EU will be required to follow customs procedures in the same way that they currently do when exporting goods to a non-EU country.

Before exporting goods to the EU, a business will need to:

• register for an UK EORI number. You do not need to take action now but you will want to familiarise yourself with this process
• ensure their contracts and International Terms and Conditions of Service (INCOTERMS) reflect that they are now an exporter
• consider how they will submit export declarations, including whether to engage a customs broker, freight forwarder or logistics provider (businesses that want to do this themselves will need to acquire the appropriate software and secure the necessary authorisations from HMRC). Engaging a customs broker or acquiring the appropriate software and authorisations from HMRC will come at a cost.

When exporting goods to the EU, a business will need to:

• have a valid EORI number
• submit an export declaration to HMRC using their software or on-line, or get their customs broker, freight forwarder, or logistics provider to do this for them. The export declaration may need to be lodged in advance so that permission to export is granted before the goods leave the UK (the export declaration also counts as an Exit Summary Declaration – see section 3)
• businesses may also need to apply for an export licence or provide supporting documentation to export specific types of goods from the UK, or to meet the conditions of the relevant customs export procedure.

When exporting duty suspended excise goods to the EU, a business will need to continue to use EMCS to record the duty suspended movement from a UK warehouse or premises to the port of export. Find out more about how to move, store and trade duty-suspended and duty-paid excise goods.

For information on the VAT process for UK businesses exporting goods to the EU please consult the ‘VAT for businesses if there’s no Brexit deal’ technical notice.

Will you join the Seafish Expert Panel?

Seafish will soon be calling for interested parties to join its new Seafish Expert Panel (SEP). This is a new initiative which is focused on ensuring that UK seafood businesses can draw upon the expert advice, knowledge and data they need to inform decisions to deliver increased business prosperity. Key to achieving this will be encouraging dialogue on science and innovation across the seafood sector.

There's a wealth of knowledge to be found down the quay.

Our new SEP will have two key priorities; assisting Seafish to provide adaptive science support to industry and working with industry through our network of advisory committees to help the industry to identify solutions to the issues it is facing.

The SEP will gather together a team of experts who have experience across a mix of fields including marine science, environmental management, food production, social responsibility, consumer behaviour, and risk management. This breadth of expertise reflects the varied needs of the sector, just like the work Seafish does to support the industry.

With this in mind the SEP will have a range of responsibilities, including:

• Providing advice and peer review expertise to guide and improve the quality of Seafish outputs.
• Identifying industry issues and helping to shape potential solutions.
• Connecting industry, government and research institutes to build an effective information network to benefit the sector.

We will be actively recruiting members for the panel over the coming weeks. If you think you have the expertise we need, please contact Aoife Martin to register your interest or keep an eye on our website from late August.

Hunters of fish.

@ScillyPelagics is a great resource for lovers of marine wildlife

A few days ago footage emerged of blue-fin tuna thrashing about on the surface of the sea in a feeding frenzy - not in the azure blue waters of the Mediterranean but a few miles off the rocky shores of the Scillys.  Bluefin tuna are one of several protected species in UK waters and therefore not of interest to commercial fishermen other than for the enjoyment of being lucky enough to see them. 

Back in Newlyn, there's a number of skippers who may well be showing more than a passing interest - not because of the tuna - but for what they are feeding on - anchovies.  Some in the Cornish sardine fleet might just be tempted to make the short steam out to the Scillys on an exploratory trip before the anchovies move up the Channel. Anchovies have been caught in previous years off the coast of Devon and as they fetch a premium price compared to sardines can make economic sense to target them.