Big clouds pervade a big sky this morning...
but no big landings of fish to speak of, with just the one trip being landed from the beam trawler, Billy Rowney...
which included several tons of cuttles...
along with pollack...
scampi tails...
plaice...
and the staple diet of beam trawlers, Dover sole...
a few boxes of sardines came from the Serene Dawn...
and bass came from a dozen or so inshore boats taking advantage of some good marks...
the auction was all over well before 7am and fish whisked away post-haste to buyers' premises...
the only netter in port was the Rachel of Ladram with her gear on the quay ready for
the crew to take on board...
yet another relic from the past trawled up...
heading in from the gaps, young Tom Pascoe brings in the Charlotte Clare...
and, waiting on the quayside ready to catch the mood of the morning, was local boy made good, cinematographer Josh Richards, currently back 'home' from LA where he now lives...
camera in hand busy scoping the landing action of Tom...
and his trusty crew...
as they put ashore a full trip of sardines...
sometimes a phone will do the job just as well...
as the fish are iced...
into tubs...
in order to keep them in the best possible condition...
from their short journey, the boat having sailed at 5am this morning...
and now with all three tanks full, there's a few hours work yet to land the trip...
under watchful eyes of the ver-hungry gull population...
before the tubs are picked up by forklift...
and taken to the waiting lorry...
a sardine boat of yore, the Barnabas by Tim Hall, is on display in the Jupiter Gallery...
along with a classic Robert Jones seascape.