Monday morning's market on Newlyn

On this morning's market, haddock...

monk tails...

a couple of blues go head-to-head...

while boxes of big rays...

and langoustine would indicate a trip well north of the Scillys...

from the inshore boats there were pollack...

and mackerel...

for the buyers to get busy with...

along with MSC Certified hake form the Ajax... 

and a handful of tub gurnards...

with what looks like the chance of heavy rain later in the day with those heavy clouds overhead...

it took two trips to sea overnight for the Asthore to land a full load of Cornish sardines back in port...
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all of which are brailed ashore 300 kg at a time...

into... 

ready for the lorry to arrive from Ocean Fish to take them away to Roche to be packed and distributed...

astern of the Asthore another member of the fleet, the scalloper Men ar Du takes ice...

all set for sea when the weather breaks, the Brixham scalloper, BM19 Marine Emiel under one of the port's youngest skippers, Dominic Welsh...

the poor forecast will keep many of these yachts in port for the next day or so...

the heavy clouds over the Mount tell their own story...

the Brixham registered inshore trawler, BM556 Rising Dawn will get in a couple of tows before the end of the day.

Raft Race day

It's hard work rowing a submerged raft...

but the Miller's crew persevre...

to the bitter end...

great to see the Mackerel Sky cafe on Newlyn Bridge making the best of local ingredients - brown and spider crab too!

The #ManEngine came to town!

The Man Engine, standing over 40' tall...

Europe's biggest puppet stood erect in Market Jew Street, Penzance on Saturday watched by an estimated 20,000 people...

operated by a team of puppeteers...

the huge mechanical marvel thralled adults and children belching steam and emitting industrial utterances!

A day on the gear.

Visiting Brixham beamer, Catharina takes on boxes and stores after landing...

#almostready, just like ashore, two heads are better than one when it comes to solving a plumbing problem...

for the boys on the Girl Pamela, a day on the quay making up a new string of pots

while top rugby boat, Louisa N gets some serious beam trawl renovation work underway.

#FishyFriday is here! #eatmorefish!

Two beam trawlers and three anonymous netters for this morning's #FishyFriday market...

John Dory from the Filafelfia...

keep concentration levels high with the buyers hanging on Ian's every word...

three cracking tub gurnards to make any chefs eyes water...

outside the heavens briefly open...

hake form the Joy of Ladram and...

the Britannia V...

along with a good number of mackerel boxes...

together with the Dovers from the Sapphire II...

a tad overcast now...

with many of the fleet in between trips...

classic sails in the morning...

while the Twlight III nears completion.

Check out the2016 Newlfoundland @IMCC conference starting on Saturday.

Among the 40 or so workshops at this years IMCC conference, this one has a contribution from Through the Gaps - making best use of technology like Bambuser to widen participation and bring remote events direct to fishermen - even if they are at sea! Watch this space for more posts and an interactive session on the day!

Visibility, poor.

It might be the summer holidays and all that but someone upstairs doesn't seem to be paying any attention...

not that a bit of fog gets in the way of the fishing effort of course, one beamer, the hake netter Ajax and a handful of inshore trawlers... 

 make up this morning's market on Newlyn...

with haddock...

red mullet...

red gurnard...

ray...

blonde ray...

line caught pollack...

and mackerel...

along with MSC Certified hake...

name the fish with his scaly skin...

bought for £1 and now heading for a good home, the Excellent.