A decision taken on behalf of Newlyn's next generation of fishermen......

Later today, Newlyn Harbour Commissioners meet with Cornwall Council as the talks to go ahead with the new Fish Market enter their final days.....

in the harbour, a skipper walks his youngest, one of the next generation of fishermen, down the quay to the boat pack on back and ready to give dad a hand for the day - dad's boat being one of those that currently land away to Plymouth market because of the better facilities and service they provide - but would return as soon as the planned new fish market building for Newlyn promises to match or better Plymouth, in doing so the new operation will cater for.....

boats like the Spitfire one of 40 or so punts and inshore boats that fish for line caught MSC accredited fish like mackerel, bass and pollack.......

a proper fuel service to end the gamut of lorries fighting for space on the quay........

cold storage for the Mike Rowse's fleet of crabbers' bait supplies and a chilled area to land their shellfish into.......

more hoists to end Ian Mitchell's backbreaking job of hand-balling gear aboard the boat.....

or the two new grading machines that will also grade mackerel and even crabs are in the plans.......

and a properly laid out throughput for fish to end the dragging of stacked fish boxes across a chaotic market floor - Sam's back would really appreciate that - and,as as Freddy Howis famously observed many years ago, "100 years ago they had donkeys pull fish for sale".......

and having looked after high quality fish like these cracking langoustine, the boats want to see them kept in chilled conditions to maintain that quality.......

not likely to happen in the current market where the fish are exposed to the elements while waiting for auction and then on to be taken for packing.