Mid-week fish market in Newlyn.

The morning auction huddle begins around...

 box stacks six high of line caught mackerel...

a few bass...

and a handful of squid...

also stacked are the boxes of hake from the only netter to land this morning, the Joy of Ladram...

other fish ready for this morning's auction include a few sardines...

red mullet...

ray...

and John Dory...

while this single cuttlefish from the Danmark just about sums up the seemingly non-existent cuttlefish season to date...

outnumbered by trawl caught lobster!..

and bream...

this conger would make a whole lot of fish cakes - for which it does an excellent job, add plenty of butter and fresh parsley to the mix for a real treat...

despite the early hour and going against the natural body clocks, much of the sale is carried out in good humour...

especially with stunning fish like these line caught bass...

and a big shot of ray from the Imogen III...

now and then the odd tuna gets caught on the lines...

inshore trawl fish, predominately flats like Dover, megrim and lemon sole...

along with the inevitable haddock catch...

although young Roger on the Imogen III...

just can't help mixing it with those John Dory whenever he gets the chance...

these days the boats seldom land good shots of whiting which, as a species, seem to have been usurped by the now very plentiful but sadly almost quota-less haddock - the fish that in ICES Area VII will undoubtedly be the fish that causes the biggest headache as the (seemingly unworkable) LO (Landing Obligation) kicks in next year...

as Brexit talks come to a head, spot the interlopers from across the channel...

through the square doorway this morning...

name this fish...

with its vicious looking dorsal spines...

though bass are not without spiky bits - the gill plates on these gorgeous fish are blessed with a single sharp point that has caught many an angler out when handling a wriggling bass for the first time...

taking a berth at the ice works, the Amanda of Ladram...

the sale is almost over.

Wednesday morning's market.

Only at this time of year do you get morning light like this when two complementary colours blends seamlessly, the deep blue of the night sky with the orange glow rising from the horizon...

and, as J.M.W. Turner observed in this watercolour sketch, as the two colours meet, being complementary they cancel each other out and the light between them appears almost white...

just as it is in the newly modernised fish market in Newlyn where the new lighting system continues to dazzle...

as Colin checks out possible boxes to bid on from the inshore boat Imogen III...

like this brace of red mullet and red bream...

which were both keenly contested as young Ryan kept the bidding going until the fish made well over £12 a kilo...

yet more mackerel hit the market tis morning...

along with the odd bass...

while all the inshore trawlers like the New Venture enjoyed a late harvest of John Dory

along with the Shiralee...

who also picked up a few stone of squid...

and the nearly re-named Imogen...

Dovers were thin on the ground this morning with no beam trawlers landed...

though there were a couple of blues...

and some Lennons, sorry lemons...

it won't be long before the second phase of the market is completed...

which will no doubt please Mr Cripps...

half an hour after the auction started light in the morning sky is even more intense...

as the sale ends the buyers make their way to the office...

as the dawn lightens the sky...

a loud protest...

sends this gull on its way...

the Harvest Moon is just beginning to wane now...

as a handful of punts and toshers fish for mackerel just off the Gear Pole...

there more red and orange in the harbour...

as Jeremy takes the Nazarene away to sea...

maybe one day the Pilot's Office will be brought back into use - it was needed years ago when Penlee Quarry supplied Blue Elvin granite down the South pier...

boats continue to draw photographers in the early hours...

especially when the light is so good...

as it bathes a select few properties along the seafront in penzance...

along with the newly installed solar panels being fitted to the fish market roof...

two more boats head out for a day's work...

as the moon is about to fade in the face of the rising sun...

hopefully the local gull population won't find the solar panels provide the perfect ledge on which to nest, time will tel...

the Harbour Office now flies the re-designed flag...

as Tom surveys the scene out in the bay...

enough funding has been raised - partly through generous public donations...

supported by local businesses like the PZ Gallery...

for the geothermic energy contractors to move in and make a start on providing a heated pool...

seems the water is the right temperature for the mackerel as the fleet, though hardly reminiscent of the mackerel heydays in the 70s and 80s when a fleet of over 100 small boats fished the winter mackerel fishery here...

glasses are always handy to have by the sea...

the sun is warm enough to cause a slight sea mst to rise...

as it towers over the Mount and the Scillonian III as she prepares to sail...

rush hour in PZ...

though there is no work in the dry dock at the moment...

it's all at the Co-op now, well it will be when the Gry Maritha after she has loaded makes her way to the Scillys...

yesterday morning was equally as calm and light as the beam trawler Cornishman headed into port.