Fishing is a truly international industry, but in our case, a mainly European affair - as the web address proudly displayed for this major transport company would suggest - and the industry in Cornwall relies heavily on overseas markets - one reason being of course that UK citizens eat far more imported fish than they do home caught fish - imports (£2.2 billion) are roughly twice that of exports (£1.1 billion as of 2010) so today is of potentially huge significance because...
after 44 years of marriage the UK will serve divorce papers on the EU at midday today - a few words from Pete and Dud might just sum up some of those feelings...
and while some might be misty-eyed about the break...
Scottish fishermen, like the visiting Achieve currently in Newlyn...
and other UK...
and Cornish fishermen see the break as the beginning of a new era after government ministers have openly promised to "take back control" of "our" waters and fish...
so on a dull and mizzly morning...
with smoke rising from the stove chimney of a liveabaord...
and the boats riding high at the top of a big spring tide...
for some new gear...
and new boats reflect a renewed faith in the future of the industry...
it was fitting that the market was almost devoid of fish.