The crew of the Golden Harvest have their work and net cut out, as they begin the painstaking task of mending the tiny meshes of their sardine ring net, they'll be on the quay for a couple of days more yet...
anyone on watch on the Georgina of Ladram enjoys some seriously panoramic views from her wheelhouse...
things are a little more compact on the Our David George...
early evening and the sardine fleet are bound away...
now headed toward the end of the season...
which will re-open in July...
the old 'Admiral' is back, now seeing out her years as the Twilight...
fish box distribution hub...
looks like the Annie May is towing something in...
oops, looks like one of our drones is missing...
young Will has been hard at it this week doing the Rachel & Paul proud with over a ton of mackerel in the landing book...
hopefully there will be a grader in action to sort his fish shortly...
meanwhile, the market gears up for the morning auction...
with good landings of inshore, trawl and beam trawl fish...
featuring red mullet...
and, at this time of year, plenty of Dover sole...
that make up the bulk of beam trawl trips...
signs that the weather is changing, there's a fog hanging over the bay this morning...
as young Mr Smart takes stock of his morning's work...
throughout the season, the sardine boats always land a selection of sardines to keep the local restaurants supplied and fish shops supplied...
there are two tyes of octopus landed on a regular basis to the market, one considerably easier to cook than the other...
inseperable...
at the last count there were over 60 turnstones running around the quay expecting to be fed, haven't ever seen so many...
the fog is slowly lifting...
a legacy of the past and still to be seen around town...
just one of the local fish counters all set for the day.
