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Friday 24 May 2024

Fine #FishyFriday in Newyn


 

Fine start to #FishyFriday in Newlyn, but a dark day for the South West fishing industry as Plymouth fish auction closes its fridge doors today...


spiders from Cornwall...


and plenty of turbot...


a few dogs...


and big plaice form the port's biggest boat, Enterprise...


just the none big netter to land at the end of the week, the Britannia V with a good shot of hake...


while much of the market floor was taken up with stacked boxes of...


head-on monk from the prawn boat, Vision V...


together with plenty of John Dory...


the usual mix of flats from the big boat...



and a decent sized 7kg-plus turbot from the Celtic Dawn...


inshore boats are keeping the weekend trade supplied with bog fat Mediterranean octopus and cuttles...


to go with line caught mackerel...


even bigger 'pus...


and bass...


and a hanger-on...


fine JDs from the Vision V unlucky enough to pick up a mass of Spanish gillnet and longline in her prop and towed in by her sistership...


not much going by way of breakfast for the harbour seal this morning...


a step too far finally being dealt with...


anyone care to pen an ode to electrolysis...


the nets worked by the visiting prawn boats require a huge effort just to get them off the boat and on to the quay for repair and maintenance...


despite the long hours at sea and ashore, it is all smiles...


from the Filipino crew...


one of the new Newlyn residents at rest...


window art of nondescript fish...


and last call for local artists to submit their work for this years showing at Newlyn's thriving community hub at The Centre.