Just how much is tuna worth?

At first sight you have to marvel at the distance steamed by some fishing vessels to fish at the much disputed Rockall - around two days if you fish from Fleetwood. However, if you are...

a Japanese longliner Kinsai Maru No1 which was launched earlier this year and is now on her maiden voyage...

from Japan, where she left around the 17th of September to begin the almost three month steam across two oceans, first the Pacific and then the Atlantic to fish at Rockall - makes you wonder just how much tuna (assumedly bluefin) - that she has to catch to justify such a long steam for a brand new vessel!

Individual bluefin tuns have made up to £2.3 million pounds on Tokyo's famous fish market - but they are landed fresh.

Skipper Alan and the Ajax are back in town!

Arriving at 630am the Ajax took up a berth near the ice works...

having steamed down from Macduff's shipyard in Scotland following a major refit including new main and genset engines...

and the replacement of the foremast with a hydraulic landing/gear crane...

as they crew ready to move her ahead...

so that she can take on board seven tons of ice ready for her first trip back...

a quick look round the 'new' boat...

along with the rest of the netting fleet...

as soon as the weather moderates, Trinity House's Patricia getting an uncomfortable ride in the bay today...

the Ajax looking spruce after her hull was stripped back to bare metal and given four full coats of paint...

beam trawler St Georges 

don't think I have ever seen the harbour flag flying at half mast so often as these last few months.

Final #FishyFriday in Newlyn.

Topping off a busy week in Newlyn this monster tub gurnard landed from the St Georges...

along with these specimen brill...

and, unusually for a beam trawler,  a fine selection of conger...

plenty of octopus picked out from the boat's big haul of cuttles...

the boats are now saving monk heads to help supply the ever increasing number of pot boats working from Newlyn...

normally, the boats just land the tails which make excellent money...

classic undulate ray from the inshore trawler Still Waters...

red mullet...

and more tails from the other beam trawler to land, the Cornishman...

buyers busy bidding on beam trawl fish...

the biggest bass landed went to young George this morning...

pristine pollack...

and plenty of mackerel for the boats that managed to get away in St Ives Bay yesterday...

more work for Lionel washing the market floor after the tons of cuttles have been sold...

end of season inshore trawl John Dory...

the sardine boat Asthore about to land a few tons...

big tides prevail so the netting fleet are still in port...

looks like some of the netting crews have taken up cycling to keep fit and enjoy the local area...

transport networks are vital to the distribution of highly perishable fish - and Newlyn is part of an amazing international network.

Easy-reading Seafish guides to fish stock management.

Everything you need to know about fish stock management and how Seafish works with ICES in assessing and calibrating fish stocks in the North East Atlantic for the benefit of UK fishing.

The implementation of responsible and sustainable fisheries management is central to the seafood industry’s social licence to operate and essential in safeguarding its future. In recent years improvements in the sustainability of fisheries have been made due to developments in fish stock assessment and management practices.

Recognising the need for a shared understanding of how fish stocks are assessed and fisheries are managed Seafish has produced the overviews and guides available to download below.  These documents have been designed to explain concepts in a way that can be understood without the need for complex mathematical formulae or previous training in fisheries science.Overviews
These summary documents provide an outline on how stocks are assessed and managed:

• Overview of Sustainable Fisheries Assessment and Management: This document gives an overview of sustainable fisheries assessment, introducing fisheries management, stock assessment and sustainable harvesting and how stocks with limited data are assessed.
• Overview of Fisheries Management: This document gives an overview of the political and science framework in which fisheries management operates.
• Overview of Maximum Sustainable Yield: This document gives an overview of how fishing at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) aims to catch the maximum quantity of fish that can safely be removed from the stock while maintaining its capacity to produce sustainable yields in the long term. 
• Overview of Data-Limited Stock Assessment: This document gives an overview of how fish stocks are assessed when there isn’t sufficient data available to use conventional models.

Guides

These more in-depth documents provide additional information on stock assessment and management techniques:

• Guide to Fisheries Management
• Guide to Fish Stock Assessment and ICES Reference Points
• Guide to Fishing at Maximum Sustainable Yield
• Guide to Data-Limited Stock Assessment

And they're off! - day one of the Bay de Seine scallop fishery.

There are at least 67 scallop trawlers currently vying for room...

to fish for scallops in the Bay de Seine - there may be many more who do not have AIS fitted to their vessels - as it is not compulsory for vessels under 15 metres - though many do for security purposes.

at the moment there are just a handful of big UK scallopers fishing outside the 12 mile limit.

Ideal Xmas gift - 'Voices Of Cornwall'

The Voices Of Cornwall series of CDs are not just a salute to Cornish culture. They’re a tribute to community and the universal sense of place we all need to stay grounded in a crazy, polarized world.

"As the clarity and brilliance of the natural light attract hundreds of painters to ‘Our Cornwall’, so the melodies, stories and iconic sounds have made a unique contribution worldwide. Cornish men and women have taken their joy of song and story, their delight in dialect and pride in performance to every continent.

The miners, the fishermen and the farmers have all added their unique voices and distinct characters to the kaleidoscope of colour, contrast, warmth and flavour of these enduring harmonies. The sounds, the scents and sights are part of Cornwall’s magnetic charm. In ‘The Voices of Cornwall: Kernow Through Story and Song’, a ‘Rainbow of Voices’ come together to prove that Cornwall truly is a treasure. – Douglas Williams MBE

To the fishermen:

All profits from the sale of the CD go to the Fishermen’s Mission in Cornwall. The charity provides emergency support alongside practical, financial, spiritual, and emotional care. They are there to help all fishermen, active or retired, and their families.

Voices of Cornwall (2017) – Volume I

Voices of Cornwall playlist

‘Kernow Through Story and Song’

Voices of Cornwall Volume I introduced listeners to a plethora of Cornish talent sharing Traditional Stories and Songs. Due to a positive response, the hard copies have raised almost £6000 for The Fishermen’s Mission in Cornwall 
If you missed the opportunity to purchase the hard copy, the CD is still available to download on iTunes, Spotify.

Please visit Facebook.com/VoicesOfCornwall for more info and give us a 'Like'.

Voices of Cornwall (2017) Volume II

Voices of Cornwall Volume II contains 2 CDs, each with over an hour of sound entertainment for the entire family. It includes even more great Cornish inspired talent.

CD 1 – ‘Call of Kernow’ contains a careful mix of artists, young and old, performing stories and songs inspired by Cornwall. It represents those who have traveled far and near, to places like Australia and America, yet still feel the pull of Cornwall. You’ll even find a Bit of Cornish Brass!

CD 2 – Kernow for Christmas is a collection of heartwarming Christmas stories, classic Cornish Carols (‘curls’ in the native tongue ) Cornish Choirs from around the world. You’ll even find a track by the great Ralph McTell, who has enjoyed living in Cornwall for decades.


Big thanks to all of these generous sponsors
of Voices of Cornwall Vol. II

Hawthorn Carter Financial, Penzance 
Chris Nicholls Motors, Longrock 
Archie Browns, Penzance and Truro 
Ben Tunnicliffe (Chef), Newlyn 
Trelawney Fish, Newlyn 
Bennetts Oil Delivery, Redruth
King’s Arms Pub, Paul
Pro-LIne Windows, Penzance 
Josling TV and Electrical, Crowlas 

And a big thanks to the fine artists that donated the Cover Art:
Simon Pooley - simonpooley.com
John Dyer - 



As well as buying online you can also find Voices of Cornwall at the following retail locations:

Archie Browns Penzance & Truro
Penlee House Gallery Penzance
The Visitor’s Centre Truro
Edge of the World Bookshop Penzance
Tate St. Ives
Duke Street Café Newlyn
Geevor Mine Gift Shop, Geevor
Minack Theatre Porthcurrno
Royal Cornwall Museum Truro
Harbour Lights Fish and Chips Falmouth
The Cornish Store Falmouth
Cards for All Occasions Camborne
Trelawny Fish- Newlyn
Stevenson’s Fish- Newlyn

If you have a shop and would like to stock these please contact us at: admin@voicesofcornwall.co.uk

Sardines galore! Busy start to the week in Newlyn.

Plenty of fish ready for auction to start of the week off in Newlyn...

inshore trawl plaice...

plenty of good sized haddock from the netter Ocean Pride...

and a massive haul of plaice from the beam trawler Sapphire II...

with a much reduced catch of megrim - which would be her preferred target species during the summer months...

just the one black bream...

the buyers home in on the stacks of flat fish...

 Cap'n Haddock or Village People? young Mr Cleave keeps 'em guessing...

top tub gurnard...

heavy mixed fishing with the inshore trawler Harvest Reaper...

pristine turbot...

and monk tails from netter Tracie Clare...

while the bulk of the Ocean Pride's trip was made up of MSC Certified hake...

proudly wearing their Newlyn Harbour visitor's 'teabag' workcoats...

Falfish give new members of staff a close up look at where the fish which they process start their journey from the quayside...

the bulk of the trip from the beamer Sapphire II...

cuttlefish by the ton...

despite the weather the local handliners put ashore a few herring...

and plenty of mackerel...

with deck lights ablaze, just under four weeks to the shortest day mornings in Newlyn are dark enough...

ex-trawler skipper Edward Harvey starts his day net-setting well before sunrise...

the quayside bears tributes to young apprentice engineer Conor Moseley who sadly lost his life while working on one of the port's beam trawlers lat week...

looking out over the bay and harbour, the Newlyn fisherman's memorial...

as the ring-netter Resolute searches for sardine marks...

later on in the day the fleet are back to sea again and hauling just a few hundred yards off the harbour...

with the Resolute hauling the Mayflower readies to shoot her net...

the Pride of Cornwall is surrounded by thousands of hungry gull and gannets...

late to the race, Golden Harvest heads for the gaps...

with crab supplies flooding the market there's ver 8 tons of live brown crab aboard the Intuition waiting for a buyer!