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Seems the Feasible is fast becoming the best chance the Ivan Ellen has of staying at the top of the call outs league table after she ran a pump out to her at midnight........ she's painting a pretty picture again.....
looks like the Nova Spero will soon be joining the Ben Loyal chasing the tuna way down south....... there's a huddle in the shadows on the market...... even Ocean Fish have sent down one of their old hands to buy fish this morning...... take your pick - with at least five nations represented here...... bet young Roger on the Imogen was none too pleased to have this lot wrapped up in his trawl........ deck timber waiting on the quayside for a new home alongside the small fleet of haggis munching visitors....... Ireland Marine Institute's, Celtic Explorer makes her way slowly past Penlee Point before anchoring in the Bay, schools and other educational organisations might be interested in the IrishMarine Institute's educational resources that include an excellent package called, "Follow the Fleet" - where you can even track their research programme. It would be great if perhaps CEFAS and Seafish could develop something as comprehensive with their research vessels and teams?
Don't buy salt cod - prepare your own! - cover the fillets skin side down with a good layer of coarse sea salt and refrigerate in a covered dish for 24 hours - you could do a really quick version and soak the cod for 20-30 minutes instead - wash off the salt and soak the now firm fillets in a big pan of water several times for a few hours......when ready to cook, fry the filletes in a few ounces of olly oil for a munite each side and put by...... this time of year get a mix of summer veg of your choice with chopped parsley and dill all fried in a good dollop of olly oil - starting with the new pots and carrots in order of cooking speed..... in the same pan that the fish was part fried in, add to the oil whole olives, chopped garlic, capers and chopped toms to make a sauce - add chopped parsely at the end - serve with bread, more new pots or big pasta.
Nothing like a little local rivalry to match bigger competitions elsewhere...... weighing in at 7 kilos this turbot will no doubt end up in one of the country's top restaurants..... another buy for Smarts - these tagged bass are in such good condition that the scales are still golden in colour - stunning quality...... even the sharks are a brilliant blue...... while this huge black bream is a comparatively rare sight today...... the Ajax keeps the hake coming...... plenty of sardines for the Lyonesse........ perhaps Newlyn's harbour master will get the harbour transport liveried?........ a bargain for someone....... Badcock's Gallery has an interesting show on at the moment...... fersh coat of anti-fouling and new anodes all round for the Billy Rowney.
Quality warp for the St Georges to keep her at sea fishing the deep water....... one warp installation kit........ taking and waiting for ice, time for the inshore trawlers to get away...... just in case she touches the bottom, the Harvest Reaper is taking a spare set of wheels...... waiting to go....... Meadery Maid and stalwart of many a raft race makes it to 21 - look out Marazion Sailing Club tonight!
It seems the newly appointed harbour commissioners are being given a hard time from some - "New chiefs at harbour are blasted" - as reported and then commented on by the editor of the local paper, the Cornishman.
Despite a radical departure from previous practice - where commissioners' meetings were held in private, agendas and minutes almost impossible to get hold of - the new team have come under fire for excluding members of the public from all but the first fifteen minutes of meetings and the minutes are now freely available on the commissioners new web site
Given that eleven, including the chair and vice chair, of the new members have had to get up to speed at an alarming rate in order to get to grips with all that is at stake - with the new market proposals that have a deadline in August before the funding offer is withdrawn being one of many issues that need resolving - it might take a while for things to become even more transparent than they are already.
A look at this week's Fishing News, the industry's trade paper, has in in-depth article on Brixham's brand new fish market - the two ports match one another pretty closely in terms of income so it is not unreasonable to ask if Brixham can afford to invest £20 million pounds in modernising their fish market then surely Newlyn must be capable of finding matched funding to the tune of £1.2 million for its own £5 million pound project with ease? Currently, over £3 million pound's worth of fish from local boats is going away to Plymouth fish market - mainly because the boats feel they get a much better service from Plymouth - all of which will undoubtedly change if the Newlyn proposals go through.
Seems the Feasible is fast becoming the best chance the Ivan Ellen has of staying at the top of the call outs league table after she ran a pump out to her at midnight........
she's painting a pretty picture again.....
looks like the Nova Spero will soon be joining the Ben Loyal chasing the tuna way down south.......
there's a huddle in the shadows on the market......
even Ocean Fish have sent down one of their old hands to buy fish this morning......
take your pick - with at least five nations represented here......
bet young Roger on the Imogen was none too pleased to have this lot wrapped up in his trawl........
deck timber waiting on the quayside for a new home alongside the small fleet of haggis munching visitors.......
Ireland Marine Institute's, Celtic Explorer makes her way slowly past Penlee Point before anchoring in the Bay, schools and other educational organisations might be interested in the Irish Marine Institute's educational resources that include an excellent package called, "Follow the Fleet" - where you can even track their research programme. It would be great if perhaps CEFAS and Seafish could develop something as comprehensive with their research vessels and teams?
