As the family firm, W Stevenson & Sons face 37 charges involving the handling of illegal fish at the port, one of their oldest trawlers, PZ196 Trewarveneth enters the final stages of her life in the port - under the breaker's hydraulic grabs.
If you get the chance when visiting the port, there are a number of ceramic tile pictures depicting boats on the sides of buildings owned by the family firm. Here is the Trewarveneth, captured by the artist in her hayday as a sidewinder trawler.The breakers were down to ripping out the fishroom by Saturday.
Lending Clive a hand to fill the bucket, labourer Mac lends a hand.
View from all that remains of the forefoot.
Ripping out the formeost section of the keel.
Mojo Marine's Mac Johns takes a break from labouring to inspect the curious purple discolouration of the oak timbers.
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