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.
Pages
▼
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Waiting for enough water to enter Newlyn
The prawn trawler Achilles has finally made it into Newlyn after dodging for over six hours. Deep draughted vessels need to wait until around three hours before high water in bad weather to make sure they don't touch the rocky ledge just outside the gaps of the harbour - better to play safe!