Friday 21 October 2016

#FishyFriday and it's almost a frosty one, well, not really this is Cornwall.


Inshore trawlers and beamers this morning on the market in Newlyn...



including regular fish like megrim soles...



yellow spotted plaice...



a sprinkling of squid...



and cuttles...



the odd line caught pollack...



and plenty of good mackerel...



rays are endowed with a pair of claspers only used during reproduction, hidden beneath the folds of skin are a row of razor sharp hooks...



this old lady has been in the wars...



best bass on the market this morning...



and a handful of haddock of which there are ever -increasing amounts being caught...



plenty of fish to choose from for the weekend...



an an all-time favourite, mini monk tails...



a local shop window reflects the diversity of the port...



while across the bay, Michael's Mount looms over the misty sea off Marazion.

Wednesday 19 October 2016

Down the quay.


Numberless Gallilee gets her first airing since arriving in Newlyn and undergoing a major refit...



now sporting her heavily rubber-clad derriere...



this pot has been rolling around the seabed for some years, long enough to chafe away much of her netting...



a day off over the big tide for Three Jays, the latest inshore boat to join the Newlyn fleet...



oars at the ready, its practice night for the more mature Pendeen Gig club rowers...



on a flat calm evening...



as they head for the gaps...



the following morning finds the Crystal Sea now off the slip...



while the huge ring net from the Golden Harvest...



looks like it has a few more hours worth of stitching to do for sardine Dan and the boys...



the waning gibbous moon.

Tuesday 18 October 2016

Brexit - What it means for the British Fishing Industry


Fishing for Leave founder made a passionate plea to SW fishermen last night...



by presenting hard evidence as just how disastrous the future of fishing will be should the government decide to use the Great Repeal Bill and adopt the existing CFP lock, stock and barrel...



and then asking for fishermen throughout the UK, the grass roots of the industry to come together and act together with the British public on board arguing the case for the preservation of the UK's greatest natural renewable resource for all the right industry economic, environmental and social concerns.





Listen to the presentation as it happened.

More information and support for the nationwaide campaign is available on the Fishing for Leave Facebook page or by following their Fishing for Leave Twitter account.

Monday 17 October 2016

Monday morning's market in Newlyn.


High water on one of the biggest spring tides of the year sees the Excellent riding high...



not looking quite as tidy as she did here on her way to the Brest festival in 1992 with Mervyn Mountjoy at the helm...



a good mix of beam, trawl, handline and net fish on the market this morning...



including well over 120 boxes...



 of megrim soles form the Billy Rowney...



a few Dovers...



and even half a dozen boxes of John Dory...



along with a box of eight-leggers...



and a smattering of cuttles...



the tail of the beast-like thornback...



stepping out on stormy Monday...



hey Mr bass man...



nothing but the best...



like these MSC hake...



and a cracking box of bream...



fish like pollack have big mouths and huge gill plates to accommodate their big appetites...



the Emma Louise at rest...



under a full moon...



which almost floodlights the harbour...



as the Crystal Sea makes her way...



up the slip...



under the watchful eye of harbourmaster Rob Parsons snapping one for the port's Facebook page...



as the south west's biggest whitefish trawler...



makes it to the top of the slip.