Nothing like some fresh hake from the netter Ygraine to kickstart the week's fish auction in Newlyn...
along with some good sized haddock...
and early season spurdogs...
much of the market was filled with inshore fish, Tom's heart must have missed a beat when this cracking turbot dropped onto the deck from the cod end...
just a sample of the superb fish from his weekend trip...
a specimen sized Plus Four or Greater Forkbeard...
the mind-boggling boggle-eyed pollack...
and plenty of ray...
along with good hauls of bass...
from a mix of inshore boat landings...
and with no beam trawl trips on the market these monk tails and other prime fish will bring premium prices for the boats that landed toady...
especially prime fish like these big turbot...
even good quality white fish will bring out the buyers cheque books...
especially for the more unusual fish like this Couch's bream...
or Mediteranean octopus bound for Falmouth fresh fish shop, Pysk Fish...
looks like Brixham fish auction will be busy tomorrow - circumstances dictate that many of the fish in these boxes which will head up the road by lorry today will be bought on tomorrow's Brixham market only to return to Newlyn for processing, which as regards the environmental impact is hardly an altogether unsatisfactory situation...
also landing a big trip of hake was the netter, Ocean Pride...
hard to guess just how long this pot was rolling around on the seabed before it was towed up...
on putting some of her nets back in to order...
meanwhile, relief skipper Scotty, is all smiles as he heaves some new buffs aboard the Nichola of Ladram, having missed out on fishing through the 50+ knot wind that skipper Steve Best fished through this time last week,..
as his crew land the reliefs skipper's trip of brown crab...
there's still much work to do before the St Georges is back in action after damaging her derrick...
no doubt in the coming years the number of service vessels like this will grow as Newlyn looks to become a major hub port for the energy needs of the country...
the weather is fine enough and the main engines fired up aboard the St Piran maybe she'll get to sea today without getting her decks too wet which just wouldn't do...
the chances of a five-day window in the weather will also see these old boats towed to the scrapyard in the not to distant future.