September's first #FishyFriday in Newlyn.

Sardines are fished all round the globe using large ring or purse net, there's a huge sardine fishery off the coast of South America including Peru...

skipper and crew form the sardine boat Resolute are here pulling off  their brand new net...

from a Peruvian net manufacturer before making final adjustments and getting it aboard the boat ready for fishing next week...

the latest boats to join the Rowse potter fleet, Bon Accord and Cresca...

a handful of boxes from those inshore boast that managed to get to sea yesterday along with just a couple of beam trawl trips on the market this morning...

though fish seem quiet scarce at the moment...

at first sight, who knew you could eat what is inside these spiky little chaps?..

or even these guys...

turbot make exceptional eating of course, big, white flakes of meat...

while grey mullet have an almost earthy taste to them...

summer season sardines are one pf those fish that just beg to be given the BBQ treatment...

with so little fish on the market the auction draws to a close not long after 7am...

the off conger...

and prime plaice sold and ready to go...

heavy clouds crowd the harbour foretelling a degree of dampness in the air for the day...

the Joy of Ladram, last of the netters left in port......

classic tallship, Lady Avenel...

is available for charter or a wide range of sailing trips around the coastal waters of England, Scotland and Ireland...

one of many visiting yachts makes a dash for the gaps before the forecast strong breeze arrives...

a busy day on the quay for the scalloper, Olivia Jean re-rigging their starboard side dredge beam.

UK's largest scalloper lands in Newlyn.

The UK's largest scalloper, Albion makes her way to the gaps under skipper Will Gillespie...

on a very tranquil Wednesday morning...

the Albion fishes all year all round the UK looking for the most productive scallop beds...

she was closely followed by the sardine boat Pelagic Marksman...

going about their business...

getting ready to land a few tons of sardines...

Smart work, the joys of being a fish buyer...

the insulated tubs are lined up...

ice added...

and the first brail of fish swung ashore...

clip grabbed...

and sardines drop into the tubs...

then another...

and another...

then topped off with more ice...

and the process repeated until the hold is empty...

Falmouth based Spencer Carter designed and built this one-off hauler for Pelagic Marksman skipper Stefan Glinski...

young George Cleave heads back to port Isaac after a slack mornings purchases on a rather scant market...

as the Pelagic Marksman heads back to her berth for the day - she will head out to sea again chasing sardines around 6pm this evening.

Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

The MMO are currently looking to trial catch recording for the Under 10m fleet. Here's what they say on their website:

Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

(Please note this is a phased introduction and the service is being tested with invited fishers only.)

Overview

Use this service to create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.

You can use this service if you are a:

• vessel owner
• skipper

If you are a member of a producer organisation you should not use the online record your catch service and should continue to record your catch using a paper logbook.

All U10m flag vessels need to record their catch. The information is used to help UK fishing authorities manage fishing levels in a sustainable way.

This service replaces:

• the NEP1 form
• the MSAR1 form, however, depending on your location, local IFCAs may require additional information
• the requirement to complete a log book when leasing fish quota and/or when fishing in 2 ICES areas (currently IV4/VIId and VIId/VIIe)

How to get an invite and register


How to get an invited

Vessel owners:You should receive an invite email. When you receive the invite email depends on your vessel size. You have one calendar month after receiving the email to register and start to use the service.

Skippers:To get an invite email contact the owner of the vessel you work on.

How to register

Vessel ownersWhen you register you’ll be asked to add the ports and gear you normally use and the species you catch for each of your vessels.

Adding this information before your trip makes it quicker to create a catch record. You’ll only need to do this once and you can change it in the future.

You can also add skippers to create catch records on your behalf.

Skippers

When you register you’ll be asked for your address and contact number.

What to record

• You must create a catch record for everything you catch on every fishing trip, even if you only catch one fish or shellfish.

• You’ll be asked for information about your trip and give estimates of the live weight of what you’ve caught. Your estimates must be within 10% of the actual weights in your sales note.

• Landed weights can be converted to live weights by multiplying them by a conversion factor.

• If you catch species with catch limits (quota) all sizes of fish must be recorded unless exemptions apply.

• You’ll be also asked for the area, the statistical sub rectangle, where the majority of your catch was caught.

ICES Sub Rectangle: North East


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ICES Sub Rectangle: East


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ICES Sub Rectangle: South East


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ICES Sub Rectangle: South


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ICES Sub Rectangle: South West


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ICES Sub Rectangle: North West


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ICES Sub Rectangle: Northern Ireland


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When to record your catch

• If you catch species subject to quotas or catch limits
• You must create a catch record before you move your catch off the boat
• If you catch species not subject to quotas or catch limits
• You must create a catch record within 24 hours of landing your catch.
• If you catch a mixture of species subject to quotas or catch limits and species not subject to quotas or catch limits
• You must create a catch record before you move your catch off the boat.
• If on the same trip you fish, or are present, in ICES area 4c and 7d, or 7d and 7e

You must create a catch record each time you cross the ICES boundary between these areas. You will need to use the apple or android app to create your catch record offline.

If you cross an ICES area while fishing

You must create a separate catch record for each ICES Area you have fished in. These must be created before you move your catch off the boat if you are catching quota species or species with catch limits, or within 24 hours of landing if you are catching only species not subject to quotas or catch limits. If you catch a mixture of species subject to quotas or catch limits and species not subject to quotas or catch limits, you must create the catch records before you move your catch off the boat.

Where to record your catch

You can record your catch on the web or you can download the Android or Apple app. The app allows you to record your catch in an area without a mobile signal.

You can get help to create a catch record if you do not have the appropriate access, skills or confidence to complete the service online.

Start recording your catch

You can only use this service if you are a:

• vessel owner of a licensed under 10 metre flag vessel skipper who has been given permission by a vessel owner of a licensed under 10 metre vessel

START NOW

Before you start

• You will need: to have already have an invite and be registered to use the catch recording service your email address and password to sign in

Get help

A contact centre will be available following the full launch of the catch recording service. Phones will be staffed from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. At other times, the contact centre will run an automated service and fishers will be able to leave catch records over the phone. The contact centre number and further details will be posted shortly.

Further information is available in questions and answers from the consultation.

Videos

These short videos provide step-by-step guides to the new service:

Monday morning in Newlyn.

The Newlyn fishing fleet, pride of Cornwall...

buying on the market was competitive this morning with just the one full trip...

from the netter, Stelissa...

and a small number of landings from inshore boats that ventured out over the big spring tide over the weekend...

haddock...

and megrims came from a small trip from the James RH...

while mackerel supplies were limited mainly to fish from Falmouth way...

a few of the local punts enjoyed pickings of bass...

a dinner plate sized turbot...

and some of his much bigger brothers...

heavy cloud cover always provides Mounts Bay with dramatic sky hues early in the morning...

the Cornishman sitting light in the water with all her fishing gear removed during her major refit...

Saint Piran, IFCA's patrol boat at rest...

there's just a small gap in the cloud over the horizon to indicate the sun is rising...

just enough to light the bay...

visiting scalloper Cam Bounteous...

and the King Explorer 

from Kirkudbright...

at last the windows have appeared in the good ship Galilee...

Mermaid Pleasure trips are just one of a number of local boats that take passengers out to see the diverse sea-life around the coast...

most of the Stevenson fleet at rest between trips...

no chance of running out of harbour boxes from now on it seems...

heavy steel work keeps the beam trawl fleet at sea...

the Scillys supply ship Mali Rose which was to replace the existing vessel, Gry Maritha is now to be sold one - its a long story.

Exercise is good for you.

With fine weather forecast Newquay based SAR helicopter REscue 294 joined...

both Penlee lifeboats in an exercise...

off Penzance promenade...

involving airlifting casualty practice...

before heading back to port.