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Friday 4 August 2023

First bluefin tuna for the season on this fine #FishyFriday morning in Newlyn





For a change the clouds are currently keeping their contents from falling as the...
 

final few boxes flying off the auction floor...



the bulk of this morning's fish were top quality haddock...



and hake...



topped off with a few boxes of big scad...



and two kinds of gurnard...



but the star of the show this morning was the first bluefin tuna of the sardine season to be landed...



Quayside transport manoeuvre into a parking spot...



as the netting fleet sit out this big spring tide...



each of the anchors they use to secure the end of a tier of nets on the seabed weighs over 50kg and requires careful handling at sea.