Bi-Annual Scottish Fishing Conference - be there live!

#BASFC18 Live Stream

Welcome to the live stream of the 2018 Bi-Annual Scottish Fishing Conference.

Check out today's agenda to see the upcoming speakers, topics and panel sessions.

We'll be live streaming the presentations, plenary sessions and the live Q&A over the two days. Please jump in with a question using our live chat function at the right hand side of this page and we'll put your question to the presenter or the panel at the appropriate time.

On social media? You can also follow the #BASFC18 hashtag and ask questions there too.

French yacht runs aground in Newlyn.

The 40' French yacht Ilaria ran aground...

just off the end of the pontoon berths...

initial attempts by the lifeboat to pull her off proved fruitless...

so help was enlisted from one of the French crew who took to his punt...

picked up an anchor and line...

rowed ashore...

and placed the anchor so that when the tide turned the boat would not swing round and ground herself further...

hoping that in the meantime she would not heel over anymore...

at the same time there was just enough water for the beam trawler St Georges  to leave the harbour.

Monday morning market in Newlyn

Newlyn at 6am, no wind and not a cloud in the sky...

fresh anti-fouling and a serviced bow-thruster...

check out the specially configured rudder and prop guard that is designed to prevent the sardine getting caught...

it's a full market this morning with fish from every kind of boat landed over the weekend...

more than enough to keep Gary and his Cefas apprentice busy...

boat tally...

boat tally that meets the new MMO regulations for labelling and traceability...

prime monk tails...

the grading machine has had a trial run in its new location...

and seems to be working OK...

it now feeds straight into the chill room...

plenty of John Dory with the inshore boats over the weekend...

size 1 megrom soles...

size 2 monk tails...

size 3 Dover sole...

the mackerel boats are happy to catch any size at the moment...

perfect John Dory...

and lush lemon sole...

first market visit for the new trainee fishing course - really encouraging to see all of them here for the second week of their training programme...

big, fat, juicy turbot...

hungry hake from the hake form the Britannia V...

out into the morning sun...

stack 'em high, a good days work on the pollack for an inshore boat...

not quite so productive chasing the elusive old bass...

shellfish in the summer...

red mullet, black bream...

those scales could only come from one fish....

more info per box - the definitive guide to labelling fish at the first point of sale (at auction) can be found here...

big mouth...

early morning puff...

a cat, bound away from Newlyn...

every bit of unnecessary gear is off the Asteria for her MCA incline test today...

there's a happy chappy on sailing day...

black and white flag of St Piran...

New Venture, taking a berth at the iceworks before heading out on another John Dory foray...

the old Mission clocktower.

Mousehole Sea Salts & Sail Maritime Festival 13-15th July 2018

Next weekend don't forget it is what promises to be the biggest of its kind - head on down to Mousehole for...

this year's Mousehole Sea Salts and Sail Maritime Festival which celebrates the maritime community and spirit over three days in one of Cornwall's most historic and picturesque ports. All the monies raised from this celebration of the sea go towards enabling the next festival and a host of local worthy community causes.

This year the festival stands to benefit from the auction of a superb painting donated by Tim Hall, renowned member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. The painting has been used for the festival programme cover and the original stunning oil on canvas will be sold by auction from the main stage around 5:30 pm on Sunday evening - the last night of the festival!

Please bid for our specially commissioned painting 'The Rose of Argyll' departing the Gaps' by Tim Hall RSMA.

The painting is based in a scene form the 2016 festival capturing the moment when the Rose of Argyll leaves the gaps of Mousehole Harbour and heads towards St Clement's isle and the rest of the Sea Salts & Sail fleet.





If you cannot be there for the live auction or have a friend bidding on your behalf then you can leave a commission bid at the Sea Salts and Sail festival stall on the South Quay. Alternatively, you can also download and complete a bid form and drop it into the Sea Salts & Sail festival merchandise stall in the harbour during the festival or email it to the organisers.