The Wet Auction is coming! - major art event this Saturday in and around Newlyn.

Plein air painting in Newlyn for the last Wet Auction

In recognition of Newlyn’s history of ‘plein air’ painting, artists will once again be invited to leave their studios, equipped with materials and a packed lunch, and spend a day working outdoors in Newlyn, Penzance and further afield in Penwith. This is a unique opportunity to buy contemporary art created on the day in situ and, at the end of the day at Newlyn Art Gallery, buyers will have the opportunity to bid on the works created, which may, in some cases, still be wet!

You can follow the artist's movements throughout the day via social media using #wetnewlyn.

At 1800 the gallery will be open so that you can preview the works. There will be food from Little Wonder cafe and a pay bar. By 19.00, the works will be hung in the upper gallery ready to be auctioned by David Lay of David Lay Auctions. The money raised is eligible to be matched, and therefore doubled, by Catalyst: Evolve in our 10th Anniversary Year so that we can continue to support art and artists in West Cornwall.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Samuel Bassett - Simon Bayliss - Lizzie Black - Angela Cockayne - Richard Cook - Mary Crockett - Jack Davis - Anthony Frost - Catherine Haines - Caroline Pedler - Michael Porter - Rachael Reeves - Shelly Tregoning - Jason Walker

LOCATIONS

Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens - Polgoon Vineyard - The Old Coastguard Hotel - St Michael’s Mount - Penzance Railway Station

Newlyn Art Gallery, New Road, Newlyn, TR18 5PZ

01736 363715
info@newlynartgallery.co.uk
newlynartgallery.co.uk

Opening Hours: 6 - 10pm

Annual Fleet survey

Follow the fish and help with the annual Seafish survey in your area.

As part of Seafish's main areas of focus we seek to provide accurate, timely data to inform decision making. Data gathered during the Annual Economic Survey of the UK Fishing Fleet provides the foundation for a number of reports and all of our bespoke expert advice. In order to provide information, analysis and this advice, we need your help.

Every summer, Seafish seek to speak to as many vessel owners and skippers as part of our annual Fleet Survey. The 10 week project enables the Seafish economics team to build an up-to-date picture of fleet performance as they visit ports around the UK. It also doubles as an opportunity to gather stories for our Quay Issues magazine.

The results, published on an annual basis across our Quay Issues suite of reports, are intended to help industry and policy makers better understand the socioeconomic consequences of changes in fisheries management measures and the wider financial climate.

Those who take part in the survey can benefit directly by requesting a financial performance benchmark report. These reports allow vessel owners to compare the performance of their own vessel with the average performance of other similar vessels.

Steve Lawrence, Economics Project Manager, said: "Thanks to the participation of several hundred vessel owners, the Economics Team at Seafish has been able to accurately represent the economic performance of the UK fishing fleet for a number of years."

"Only with the continued support of the industry can we keep up this hugely valuable exercise, producing outputs that allow us to better understand the industry as a whole and to inform key decision makers. Therefore, we would encourage skippers and boat owners to speak to our researchers and complete the survey so that we can present the most accurate picture possible."

The survey is supported by the national federations and local associations around the UK. All information provided is treated as confidential and no individual vessel figures will be revealed in any report.

A team of four researchers will conduct the survey with vessel owners. Regular updates will be tweeted as researchers work their way around the coast and progress can also be followed @seafishuk.

If you would like to take part in the survey, or for more information, please contact Steven Lawrence on 0131 524 8663, steven.lawrence@seafish.co.uk or if you would like to view the latest reports generated by the survey please visit the Industry Economics section of the website.

Mid-week market in Newlyn.

Today the latest superstore to hit Penzance opens its doors - with the promise that they will be selling MSC Certified fish - let's hope that includes hake from the Newlyn netters!...

with rubbish weather forecast for much of the week on the back of storm Aileen there's only a couple of beam trawler's fish on the market this morning...

and some fish are in short supply...

though the same can't be said for plaice...

as the buyers...

find they have stack after stack to buy...

unlike this solitary cod...

and a handful of mackerel...

these red mullet have been touched by that curse of the fishroom's life...

as there are now good signs that the cuttlefish have moved in on the grounds!..

the other cod...

there seem to be a few more lemons around than normal...

while it seems the little reds are never in short supply...

or the monk tails...

there's plenty of breeze blowing through the fish market building...,

as the forklifts fetch the boxes back to the factories...

the morning sky looks like the portent of a very changeable day ahead...

so the boys on the Twilight III will hope they don't have to don the oilskins every five minutes while they work on the deck going through the gear...

the boats are always their beast after a a paint-up...

there are still one or two yachts making passages, this one will be waiting for weather now before heading back to Ireland...

won't be long before little Suzie is back in the water.

There is a documentary tonight on a French History channel about deep-sea fishing.

The history channel this Sept12 at 20 h 40: A documentary called, "Headwinds, a French fishing history" 

Monday morning's market in Newlyn.

The harbour looks deceptively calm this morning as the resident seal enjoys a breakfast snack...

while the netting fleet and a handful of beamers spent the weekend tied up over the big spring tide and an increasingly poor forecast which should see all but the biggest boast in the fleet held in port until at least Wednesday morning...

with the tide and the weather at odds, the boats landing fish to the market this morning were all big beam trawlers...

including the Cornishman who had a good run of monk tails...

the Sapphire II whose Dovers were snapped up by a number of buyers including Fish Festival supporters, FalFish...

thanks to head buyer Edwin...

who was also tempted by a few rays from the big beamer...

and possibly in the market for one of the biggest trips of plaice in recent times from Filadelfia skipper Don...

who also picked away a good few tub gurnards...

and red mullet to...

compliment a box or two of John Dory...

all topped off with a good sign that the annual cuttlefish season looks like it might be looming over the horizon to coin another nautical phrase in common usage...

big tides mean the netters are not at sea, so no fish up the western end of the market...

as the day brightens heavy cloud races across the harbour as the winds pick up...

not that that gets in the way of shifting fish back to the store to be processed, packed and sent away...

Le Men Dhu, up on the slip.

Maverick, (left) the replacement for the Sea Spray is getting a makeover...

while the Britannia V is looking good after her major refit...

as is the Gary M...

while the guys on the Louisa N put her beam trawls back together again...

two of the netter's fleet sparring partners in berth together...

yet another windfarm service boat on passage...

while the huge scalloper, Olivia Jean takes a break between trips...

Le Men Dhu is up on the slip after her mishap while heading for Padstow harbour last week...

though testimony to the strength of her build...

there are mainly just heavy scratches and a few dented patches lower down on her hull where she sat on the reef of rocks on the estuary shore...

though the keel plates have been removed and ready for replacement.