BHS - bass, haddock and spurdogs grace Monday's market floor

A scrap of net picked up by a local boat - mesh sizes don't come much smaller than this.....
just a couple of tubs of Cornish Sardines left for the FalFish wagon overnight from the Little Pearl.....
visiting Barrow all-weather lifeboat James Bibby heads back out to sea in the early hours, with what looks like an ex-Breton crabber anchored off Penzance in the distance.....
Fowey registered stern trawler Defiant takes fuel after landing at the end of the new quay......
a good trip of fish from the netter CarolH included these hake, looking snug tucked up in their bed of ice......
unusually these days, a few spurdogs are offered for auction from the netter Ajax.....
the Defiant's fish included a decent shot of haddock which kept the buyers busy.....
hand-written tallies for one of Stevenson's biggest beam trawlers, the Billy Rowney.....
the buyers will pay top dollar for these squid with their fine brown film coating intact.....
Grey Seal managed to hit on a decent run of bass just as the fine spell of weather looks like drawing to a close this week.

Get into Land's End free - feel good and walk from Sennen

The Confide, ex-Newlyn trawler with much colourful local history continues her career up at Land's End, one of the few less tacky objects of interest for visitors to enjoy.....
with the weather continuing in Indian Summer mode a few miles of coastal path from Sennen to Land's End provide an enjoyable Sunday afternoon stroll complete with Pergrine Falcons and giant Ravens.....

others looking for more arduos ways to follow the coastal path were probably not so mindful of the scenery as they staggered to the finsih line after running, walking or crawling the equivalent of three marathons over three days from Padstow to Land's End in the latest VOTWO event. The mix of ages present would indicate that these events have a broad appeal.

Protest to save the beach at Battery Rocks

The fine weather continues into the weekend with hardly a ripple on the water....
the correct way to set the shore rope on the bits.....
the yacht Burnout is a long way from home, Capetown in South Africa....
detail from the heavily worn shoe of a beam trawl.....
with similar from the shoe of a port side trawl door, the heavy scratches indicate the ''angle of attack' of the door as it scrapes along the seabed and spreads the trawl.....
under attack across on the Prom, there are some big plans for the Penzance Harbour area that some local residents are none too happy with so a protest has been launched to save the Beach at Battery Rocks.....
there are two meetings being held in the coming days to give people a chance to ask questions and here from the developers - there are alternative plans being promoted that can be seen here at the Penzance Harbour user's website.....
gremolata, great dressing for end of season....
tuna here being seared on the griddle....
take your choice of Mediterranean veg to accompany the dish.

Waves from Mike Mahon felt North of the Border

Grimmy Mike's one-man over-quota dumping scandal gets a mention from Scottish MEP Struan Stevenson in an address at a Fisheries Summit meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland yeasterday. At the moment, Mike's boat is laid-up with rudder problems so there's no free fish for local pensioner's this week!

Post Office provides al-fresco dining for the patrons of the Star

Some wag has provided additional seating for the patrons of the Star Inn outside the Post Office this morning.....
half a dozen Porbeagle sharks keep an eye on one of DEFRA staff sample the fish landed....
another visiting film crew have plenty to shoot on a busy market....
though we are not too sure why Robert George has taken up such a defensive position talking to the journalist....

another CEFAS member Sam is sampling otoliths from plaice....the rings, which enable the lab back at Lowestoft, are clearly visible.

65 and out

Waiting patiently for a landing space under the crane, Quentin on the Sea Spirit.....
ex-Lowestoft fisherman Steven Leach gets to do the mending ashore waiting for his son on the Achieve to arrive.....
one of the young bloods steams away from the market....
while another retrieves a few boxes from the water...
holding on to his cap, master GRP boat builder Danny Downing powers his punt away from the market - if you need anything doing in GRP on the boat - he's your man.......
Quentin finally gets under the crane to hoist his boxes ashore ....
down the New Quay aboard the Cornishman after landing there is much work to do on the gear....
so the gas axe is put to good use to cut away the fishing line.....
which involves a little cooling down process, the man with the hose is celebrating today...
so it's a last chance to leave his mark aboard the boat.....
for Rob on his 65th birthday, it's finally time to heave on the gear for the last time and throw his bag ashore for good!.....
the transport has arrived for the Crystal Sea II and Valhalla....
making good use of the shelterdeck rails to store some spare buffs....
the Achieve makes it to the market where father Leach will undoubtedly lend a hand to land and leave the mending for later.

Early birds get the shots

Pin-up Stevenson's auctioneer Ryan has a word with the photo shoot team on the market.....
time to let go the ends on the Elisabeth Veronique......
the Carol H has opted to split her netting trip and obviously hopes to catch some good prices on Thursday's market, probably the best export market day of the week for hake and other fish bound for Spanish or French markets......
plenty of pollack on the market this morning kept all hands on their toes......
quality inshore trip from the FY registered Harvester.....

on the pontoons, the ex-Salcombe Watson class lifeboat has been joined the Tyne class all-weather boat from Bibby in Yorkshire.

Visitors welcome!

Ex-Salcombe Watson Class lifeboat lovingly maintained by Frank Swallows gets the once over from Edwin, ex-cox of the Penlee lifeboat.....
she has some stylish seating arrangement up for'ard.....
aboard the late-season yacths its the girls that get to go off and do the shopping it seems...
a good sign, the New Quay is devoid of boats....
on both sides!......
still bringing in the visitors with its largely Italian & Meditaranean menu.....
the Pizza Patio housed in the old Newlyn Laundry also provides alfresco eating......
on the menu this week chez 'through the gaps' following Seafoods campaign to encourage us to eat fish at least twice a week - fillets of haddock in a light Thai curry sauce served with soba japanese noodles ......

along the rode the gallery is now sporting a new flag pole to atract viewers.