Welcome to Through the Gaps, the UK fishing industry's most comprehensive information and image resource. Newlyn is England's largest fish market and where over 50 species are regularly landed from handline, trawl, net, ring net and pot vessels including #MSC Certified #Hake, #Cornish Sardine, handlined bass, pollack and mackerel. Art work, graphics and digital fishing industry images available from stock or on commission.
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Tuesday 20 December 2011
Triple-riggers maiden voyage.
With the weather keeping them fishing 'inside' (not out beyond Mount's Bay in more exposed conditions) the Elisabeth Veronique draws against the fish market to make her last landing of 2011........
down in the fishroom, Phil pulls out the boxed catch......
under the glare of Newlyn's Christmas lights,the triple rig proved itself a worthy fishing tool successfully targeting brill and monk on its shakedown trip.......
every boat has its own way of checking the minimum landing size (MLS) allowed for pressure stock (quoted) fish species......
Curtiss Jnr jnr, skipper in the making Adam checks home while Dad is landing.......
then its time for Curtiss Jnr to take the ship back into her berth........
photos of the Elisabeth Veronique, bought from Guilvinec in 1972 back to Fowey and renamed the Elisabeth (which Grandfather Curtis did to save having to carve a new name with all that careful signwriting painting every year - which even included him re-registering her FY83 for the same reason - 83 being the first to letters of her 7 digit GV registration).........
leased crabber under skipper Mario lands to Seafood and Eat It crabmongers.......
Newlyn invaded by charity runners in Xmas fancy dress........
