Brewing in Newlyn

Murky start to the day - it wasn't like that at 5am though.......

a good run of Dovers hit the market from the beamer Lisa Jacqueline......

though the price for hake was not so strong as word of big landings of the fish in Scotland went round the market.....

it's JD time of year for the inshore boats so Mr Nowell on the Imogen III will be pleased.....

the bass boys are having a tougher time of it though......

still reeling from the shock of seeing the pollock quota slashed from 10 tonnes to 5 tonnes down to a crazy 1 tonne in a short space of time, under 10m boats like the Sea Spray (rigged to hand line pollock) have been forced to fork out hard cash and buy in quota just to let them carry on fishing - at the very time of year when they would normally be ensuring enough to cover them for the slack winter months - with the MMO upping the quota to a measly 2.25 tonnes these small boats will be looking for a little more consistency in quota management in the near future - though it's hard to see how such small cuts have any real impact on stocks in the grand scheme of things.........

and here are a few of those line caught pollock - these fish were being touted by many as the new cod not so long a ago and as a result the increased fishing effort has resulted in the erratic quota management decisions referred to above.......

there's still a weak showing of mackerel in the area which means these guys will make good money.....

the lights are on on the new fish grader, but no sign of it being used just yet.......

"where do you want it guv?"........

one of the apartments in the historic Pilchard Works is on the market, a chance to buy into a piece of Newlyn history......

alchemy at M and R's crab works.......

star buys for the day.......

food for people on the go at Stable Hobba industrial Estate in Newlyn.