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The girls on Avarack put their backs into it..... followed by the guys hard on their heels in Portheras...... if you get the chance pop over to Mousehole for some of Janner's fish 'n chips..... waiting for a tow round the corner to Sennen when the rig will be used to carry out some serious work on the new lifeboat slipway..... back into tier after a day's hauling for the Rosannah...... one of the few remaining Milford registered fishing boats heads out...... a combination of neap tide and fine weather means that there are few boats in the harbour..... except for those landing; here the crabber Pen Glas has boxes of frozen bait waiting on the quay as she lands to a vivier lorry..... including frozen haddock - only the finest bait is used to catch quality Cornish crabs....... Gael Force Marine's pots reach the far South West.... the Reds head for the gaps (probably keen to make it in before seeing their team in another dramatic 4-4 game against Arsenal) with a gaggle of gulls in tow....... Edwin has been doing his bit for fisheries research today...... first of the punts heads back to a mooring..... on the mackerel boats sometimes two hands are better than one....... the inshore boats are making good use of the weather to make up for a very poor start to the year for them...... still not much sign of crab moving on the grounds for the big crabbers....... one man and his dog..... as they get a wave from the stren of the Filadelfia..... on her way out through the gaps.
Heading out to see from a mooring..... after steaming for 4 1/2 hours round from his home port the previous evening in search of mackerel in Mount's Bay, top St Ives handliner Stuart McClary makes his way in to land, in the background are two Urk crewed, Belgian registered beamers in for their Sunday off, one of which will be landing to Newlyn Monday week, part of an experiment to see what their fish will make here as an alternative to overlanding their catch back to Holland.... followed by the now two-handed Inspiration with owner Nick Howell making his maiden voyage along with skipper Dick..... Anthony lends a hand passing boxes of line caught mackerel across to the punt with the quay-berth..... then its all hands to sorting the morning's catch..... and a better sample of fish were found in the Bay this morning...... Anthony and Sturat get to sort their catch before heading back to God's country..... there's still a nip in the air despite the sunshine...... Dick takes the immaculate punt back to her berth on the pontoon..... yet more derrick get the straightening treatment....... the tide provides a resting spot for the local cormorants, or are they shags?.... at lunch time, fresh Inspiration mackerel, headed, tailed and gutted, rubbed with lemon zest, lemon juice and olive oil straight in a hot heavy frying pan - summer is on the way!
Looking along Penzance Promenade, a sign that summer is on the way as the temperature difference between sea, land and air collide and cause Newlyn to disappear..... where two early morning walkers and Tom are silhoutted against the hazy sun..... as a gull takes to the clearing air.... yet another weekend trip for the Cornwall Sea Fisheries Protection vessel, St Piran who may get to use the heavy sea mist as cover while it lasts..... bent derrick number four straightened and painted ready to go back aboard..... Srping cleaning mode for the harbour...... and another sign of the times, the Spiders are on the move again..... are these Newlyn's very own weapons of mass destruction being forged in the workshop..... causing much mirth as a bacon butty gets to pose for SeafoodandEatIt's web site latest picture shoot.... Newlyn appears from the mist as it begins to lift.
The Dartmouth regisered St Petroc is the latest local vessel to suffer the decommssioner's cuts in fleet size...... with the wheelhouse and engine making an undignified exit from the harbour being towed behind a tractor..... while between trips, at every opportunity the boats are getting a lick of paint..... work continues on the delayed flood prevention scheme to ensure that the stream flowing from the boating pool under the Penzance to Newlyn road...... as ever the local gull population are on the lookout for a ready meal.... with the latest pair-team back in harbour after landing..... down the road, one of the local Indian Restaurants made one curry too hot and suffered a small blaze....... The Defiant is still flying her pair-trawling day signal in the guise of the flag for the letter 'T' in the harbour -try the flag quiz here - not to be confused with the French flag which, in other circumstances, may have been raised in support of the French Fisherman across the channel causing chaos by blocking key cross-channel ports!
The Imogen's new trawl is taking shape despite the boys off for another tea break...... a fresh breeze blowing sees the dance of the seven veils being performed in the market..... only the best hand-lined, slush-iced mackerel for Ocean Fish...... time for a quick post-landing tea aboard the Silver Spray....... Robert George and others from Seafood Cornwall take a group of Dutch inshore fishermen and women on a guided tour of the port; spokesperson for the visitors was surprised to find England's top port having a rather 'antiquated' fish market! - hopefully the next time they visit things will be different!
Steaming out on the hunt for Spring mackerel and overtaking the Rachel & Paul, the Still Waters heavier in the bow with a cuddy punches a choppy sea..... down to the nearest millimetre, the Imogen's new footrope begins to take shape..... making a quick exit from the deck of the Jacoba....... back in after another week on the prawns, the Tranquility waits for her transport to arrive - despite a number of local boats trying to develop the fishery for langoustine over the years, boats still seem to find a better market for prawns well away from Newlyn...... cutting in at an angle on the bent derrick..... or taking a more comfortable approach to welding.... the sparks fly as the fourth derrick to be straightened in as many weeks takes shape..... for some reasonit seems that Turkey is this year's hot spot destination for Newlyn residents if the sign outside the local PO is anything to go by.
The girls on Avarack put their backs into it.....
followed by the guys hard on their heels in Portheras......
if you get the chance pop over to Mousehole for some of Janner's fish 'n chips.....
waiting for a tow round the corner to Sennen when the rig will be used to carry out some serious work on the new lifeboat slipway.....
back into tier after a day's hauling for the Rosannah......
one of the few remaining Milford registered fishing boats heads out......
a combination of neap tide and fine weather means that there are few boats in the harbour.....
except for those landing; here the crabber Pen Glas has boxes of frozen bait waiting on the quay as she lands to a vivier lorry.....
including frozen haddock - only the finest bait is used to catch quality Cornish crabs.......
Gael Force Marine's pots reach the far South West....
the Reds head for the gaps (probably keen to make it in before seeing their team in another dramatic 4-4 game against Arsenal) with a gaggle of gulls in tow.......
Edwin has been doing his bit for fisheries research today......
first of the punts heads back to a mooring.....
on the mackerel boats sometimes two hands are better than one.......
the inshore boats are making good use of the weather to make up for a very poor start to the year for them......
still not much sign of crab moving on the grounds for the big crabbers.......
one man and his dog.....
as they get a wave from the stren of the Filadelfia.....
on her way out through the gaps.
