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Monday 13 February 2023

Manic Monday morning market in Newlyn!

Everyone needs to try fish roe at least once, you may just get a big surprise...


Monday's market was a mix of net fish like these hake from the Silver Dawn...


Britannia V...


and pollack from the Annie May from working wrecks...


there was plenty of inshore fish too from the likes of the New Venture...



along with some good Dovers from the Trevssa IV...



some may have seen skipper-to-be-one-day Danny Fisher holding up this 'gurt' hake earlier in the week......


well here it is on the market weighing in at just over 7kg......


another net boat to land a big trip of mainly hake and haddock...


and pollack was the Silver Dawn...


there were still plenty of dogs to be had as they are everywhere at the moment...


as are haddock...


with the Britannia V topping out their trip on them...


plenty of hake with the Ocean pride too...


even the inshore fridge was chocker with fish...


with plenty of mackerel...


and buried in there somewhere...


as young Mr Smart was to find out were his haul...


of herring, just some of the 1.9 tons of line caught herring on today's market...


a brace of pissers...


the bulk of beam trawl trips are quality flats, either Dover...


or megrim soles...


just in from a few shots, the Shetland boat Acciona...


one of the few boats fishing southwestern waters using the traditional Scottish seine net with rope reels


the boxes came ashore...


closely monitored by the MMO duty watch...


straight up from the fishroom...


kept at just the right temperature by the King of Cold himself, Alex Pino...


the boat beimng one oof the many that rely on his hard work keeping their catches at...


just the right temperature during the course of a trip...


now headed in after six days at sea, the Enterprise...


a few minutes later the Ocean Pride heads away closely followed by the punt Ali Cat...



there's a bit of a fresh breeze this morning as the sun breaks the sky...


as the boats come and go in Newlyn...


the Trevssa IV takes on fuel...


as the boys make fast the Enterprise...


and under skipper Nathan's watchful eye...


begin the process of overhauling the chain mats...


and replacing worn out links...


along with checking the blocks and derrick head...


before the next trip...


latest boat to join the fleet, smart looking Cygnus, the Katy B.