This morning's market saw an early landing for this neap tide of MSc Certified hake form the netter Ygraine
while fish from the port's inshore fleet made up the bulk of the fish up for auction tis morning like these superb red mullet...
and squid from the Spirited Lady III
along with a cracking platter-sized turbot from Tom...
Cornish sole...
and lemon sole from Brackan...
a symmetrical pair of lobsters - with one left and one right-handed crushing claw...
top quality tip - check this bright-eyed red gurnard...
a creche of craws...
underbelly of a ray, a member of the shark family with cartilaginous bones...
a few bass fell to the wily lures of a line fisherman...
and yet more hake from the Ygraine...
fish-fact of the day - turbot are bled on capture in order to prevent discolouration of the flesh...
upon reflection, what would be described by the Beaufort Scale as 'smoke' - the system still used by sailors and the Met Office today was initially based on the appearance of the sea state and sky
you never know what you are going to dredge up from the harbour...
classic lines of a classic yacht, Sunburst - the last yacht, built in 1967, byAlexander Robertson & Sons yard on the Clyde and designed by .David Boyd...
the busy deck of Interfish's sardine catcher, Charlotte may
multi-purpose vessel Severn Sea...
