The all-important work of Cefas continues, this time, Gary is recording the size of spider crab...
using the length from the nose to the tail the carapace...
those rain clods are just not going to give us a break today it seems - which is a shame as the hugely worthwhile Porthleven Food Festival starts today, there's something there for everyone especially if fish is your dish!..
and where better to start on a FishyFriday than some wonderful ray wings...
John Dory...
tun gurnard...
or monk tails...
or maybe a dinner plate sized turbot...
although mackerel are in short supply they are making excellent money so well wrth the long hours the guys put in to catch them - but that does mean rising at 3am and making it back to the fish market around midday - that's a typical day at the office for many an inshore fisherman...
what's not to like about red mullet?..
brill don't often fill the bottom of a box, this one would feed a big guest list...
they call them 'black gold' in Brixham and judging by the number of fish tallies Falfish don't want anyone to get their hands on these beauties...
the beauty that is the bass...
and now it's time for the big clean down so out comes the pressure washer - in preparation for the arrival of the big Scottish prawn boats who will be back from their week at sea and begin landing their white fish on Sunday, it's another busy week ahead for the market!..
inshore beamers, like the New Harmony are doing okay at the moment, picking away on ground fish...
although his fishing days are largely over, John has been out catching bigger stuff...
one of the wayward fenders that found a temporary home on the South Pier, five years ago.
