Monday morning in Newlyn.

Unusually this turbot has no pigment on the topside...

the inshore boats made the most of a relativey quiet weekend weather-wise so boats like the Imogen III were able to get in some good hauls like these ray...

the odd bass...

Couch's bream...

and the odd red mullet

while Still Waters picked up more ray...

tell-tale tail but from which fish?..

good enough to eat...

this time of year is not megrim sole season...

though the odd John Dory still seems to find its way over young Roger Nowell's footrope and into his cod end...

the odd monk or two...

a good day's fishing for Still Waters, the only Newlyn boat with a regular female member of the crew!...

just a few with the beam trawlers that landed...

plenty of these guys in t Ives Bay - despite being chased by bluefin tuna and minke whales...

nice work Sheila T...

just some of the macs landed...

good to see young Edwin wide awake...

plenty of frozen bait ready for the pots on the good ship Nazarene...

well before sunrise it's the ever elusive Cod at speed heading for another day handlining for bass...

Girl Pamela leaves the fishmarket...

Trinity House's Patricia at anchor...

with not a breath of wind to disturb the waters in Mounts Bay...

always good to see the Ivan Ellen tucked up in her berth...

Chris Morley making ready...

 to spend another day on the pollack and bass...

as a little more light breaks into the sky...

with the new lifeboat house...

and gigs enjoying the light, even though the temp is around 0˚...

seems we have a new Xmas tree in Keel Alley this year courtesy of Newlyn Harbour Lights - made entirely from discarded trawl net and other plastic fishing gear - hats off to all those helping Newlyn to maintain its green credentials!

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.