Plenty of fine fish for the final May #FishyFriday auction!

Trinity house service vessel Galatea at anchor with a deck cargo of cardinal buoys...

Penzance promenade, the only prom in Cornwall showing off its new set of flags...

plenty of fish on the market at the end of the week with, unusually, monk tails...

John Dory...

hake...

and monk cheeks from prawn boats...

quality flats from the local beam trawler, Cornishman...

while the inshore boats found some bass...

while the lack of mackerel is evidence is evident that this is not een the bttom of a ox covered by one of the finest proponents of the art of handlining in the area...

to keep the restaurants happy there were however plenty of red mullet...

and even a few weavers...

to go with the seriously tasty ray wings...

and megrim sole...

hopefully this fender will provide some pier protection when put in place...

the Brit is on the slip...

the paint job on the lighthouse is not yet completed...

heavy gear on the prawn boat Daystar.

Mid-week action in Newlyn

Despite plenty of small prawns to deal with at sea and gear to mend in port, there are still plenty of smiles aboard the Revival...

at the end of every trip, deck gear and trawls have to be checked and repaired for wear and tear...

busy scenes aboard the port's biggest boat, Enterprise...

further up the quay it's landing time...

aboard the sailor's star...

another oat highlighting the now crucial role foreign crew like these guys from the Philippines play in manning the bigger boats in the UK fleet...

yet more landing action as yet another Scottish boat, this time the seiner Acionna lands her trip of white fish to the market...

and the importance of recycling old net goes on...

at this time of year, Newlyn benefits from the continuing presence of Scottish prawn boats...

and the occasional classic sailing boat, this time it is the Leader, the largest sailing fishing vessel of her type back in the day.

 

Summer is just around the corner.....

In the meantime, low cloud almost hides the south pier...

Cod, despite the ever-present smile, had no fish this morning...

while the market had plenty, from the beam trawls of the Enterprise...

with some top quality reds...

a good mix of ray...

and some might meaty turbot from the Silver Dawn...

big head-on monk from the prawn boats...

and some very creative shellfish - damp cloth (traditionally hemp sacks) is used to cover live shellfish which allows them to 'breathe' and effectively extend their shelf life...

one or three bass about...

more megs...

and some cracking haddock from the Boy Enzo...

cuttles don't get much fresher than this...

nor octopus...

pollack...

mackerel...

or bass from Cap'n Cod landed last night...

hopefully, Andrew didn't put his back out heaving these big Mediterranean octopus aboard...

now, where did that box of monk go?..

pristine reds...

and some huge JDs...

high-water on a big tide allows the bigger boats to stay longer at the fish market...

 after landing to go through their gear...

keeping it clean...

happy to accept a fish for breakfast...

and two seconds later surfacing expectantly waiting for another, the harbour seal and his insatiable appetite...

Vision V in to land...

now there's a familiar face, young Roger signs off yet another list of completed jobs aboard the 'new' Twilight  in readiness for her maiden voyage under new ownership and name...

plenty of room to land at the market for two.