It maybe a mizzly Monday morning but it's already 12˚ at 6am!

Two boys aboard the Two Jays get a chance to cut up bait, an easier job while in the harbour without the boat rolling all over the place...

pretty much a full house this morning...

with some of the best quality inshore fish up for auction like these monk tails from Helford's netter, New Harmony...

 an unseasonally big trip of megrims from the Resurgam...

along with a good run of plaice...

and a selection...

of rays

to keep up the variety...

even a few boxes of snakes...

along with big trips of white fish form the netters like the Karen of Ladram making her final landing for 2016 as another spring tide approaches...

a few red mullet...

and glistening haddock...

at this time of year the boats generously donate boxes of fish towards the upkeep of the world famous Newlyn Harbour Lights...

money raised from a box of these would light an entire tree for a year!...

three Dover soles taken form three distinct kinds of ground...

looks like another photog is on the scene this morning...

boxes of big hake from the Karen...

and a double dose of white fish roe...

it takes two to tango...

the biggest and best, 6-7+ kilo hake  are a popular Christmas day fish for big Spanish families - they can work out at over £150 a fish!...

no sign of Christmas jumpers just yet, but the hats suggest some festive spirit on the market this morning...

as the buyers bid their way through the Joy of Ladram's  fish...

like these coley...

a reflection of the prices this morning as they get higher and higher...

auctioneer Ian gets the last bid down in the book...

all set for the big switch on this Friday...

another wind farm Seacat on passage...

as the Govenek of Ladram is made fast to the quay for the last time this year.

Busy Sunday in Newlyn.

Basking in the sunshine, hardly 14 days before Xmas...

and unusually for this time of year, a Belgian beam trawler O33 Marbi... 

 has been fishing SW of Newlyn...

her starboard side beam is suspended high above the deck...

while some of the crew set about repairing the fishing line...

she is registered in Oostende...

 some of the netters are already back in port for the last time this year...

as topsides of the new crabber slowly takes shape...

as does the sardine boat Pelagic Marksman, it won't be long before she is filling the refrigerated FalFish trailer with fish.

Stunning sunrise for another fantastic #FishyFriday in Newlyn.

Even the middle fridge was holding fish over night...

and the sorting, grading and boxing team...

under the supervision of chief fish market logistics, dispersement and quality control officer, Nicky Cripps...

who, along with his team started at 7pm in order to get the company's...

three beam trawlers sorted for the mornings #FishyFriday market...

so that these cracking lemons...

plaice...

Dover sole...

monk...

brill...

red mullet...

and gurnards were all sorted, graded and weighed on time...

there's two sides to every flatfish, but which fish is this?...

multicultural if nothing else is fishing - boxes from Ireland, Grimsby, Lorient in France,  Suttons of Cornwall (who ceased trading nearly 30 years ago), Peterhead, Pilot Star (decommissioned 22 years ago, Flying Fish form Looe, Denmark and a little bit of Sparkling Star from Bideford in Devon...

South facing Newlyn...

 provides the most spectacular sunrises at this time of year...

as the sun heads for the horizon...

and the boats in port due to sail take ice...

the Admiral Gordon takes on some spare gear...

while Rowse's latest new build takes another step closer to her first sailing day...

yellow is the new green, 50 brand spanking new tubs for cuttles and ice...

the harbour begins to flood with a golden glow...
 

in this panoramic-sized view (might take some time to load)...

as the sun just cracks the horizon away to the south...

the fuel lorries unship their loads...

as the sun creeps higher...

making the newly refitted Algrie look her best.

Status and Potential Yield of European Atlantic Fisheries

A brief summary of the status of these stocks and what it would take to maximize the yield from them.

You can read a version of this that was posted on the CFOOD website - stands for Collaborative for Food from Our Oceans Data.

With thanks to Ray Hilborn.  Also worth a viewing - Skeptic looks at marine protected areas (MPA).

Charisma arrives in Newlyn.

Padstow netter Charisma from Laurence Hartwell on Vimeo.

The Cornish Fishmonger talks fish.

Earlier this year the Cornish fishmonger, Rob Wing replaced Gilbert McCabe as chair of Newlyn Harbour Commissioners.

In this podcast, Chloe Thomas talks to Rob Wing, founder of the award-winning business The Cornish Fishmonger.

Since launching in 2008, Rob has built up an innovative e-commerce business that allows him to supply fantastic fresh fish to thousands of customers including individual consumers as well as retailers and many top restaurants.

As Rob explains, The Cornish Fishmonger is "an old-fashioned business operating on a modern platform" - it combines the venerable traditions of fishmongering with the most up-to-date way of shopping.

Now processing an impressive 4,000 orders per month, The Cornish Fishmonger allows shoppers to buy fantastic fresh fish online seven days a week and get delivery within 24 hours.

As chair of NPHC Rob is making it his mission to oversee that plans for the future of Nelwyn does the best for all concerned in the running of the port to make it England's number one source of the finest fish.

Sound file courtesy of Chloe Thomas and MarketingDonut.