Beachcombers wanted.

 The professionals are on the case after another freshy night on the prom.......

 still at work first thing.......

 over to the volunteers on Sunday to do their bit tidying up the shoreline....... 

 new wire for the new trawler in town......

 the harbour is looking to pioneer an environmentally friendly fender system, just as well as at the moment the worms are having a feast.......

 this is what the fenders look like before the worms get the munchies........

 no rush at the weekend......

 he wishes!..........

 looks like Reg Perrin's missus has been on the beach........

 decorated by some stray weed overnight.........

 those dredges give the hull a severe beating on the scalloper Jacoba necessitating replacement plate work.......

some one's got to get their feet wet and scrape the weed and barnacles off the tug!

Treasure hunter off the Scillies.

It seems that the world's most successful gold digger continues to scour the waters of the Western Approaches.

Hugh's campaign attracts nearly 30,000 signatories.

Conservation minded chef and food campaigner, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's FishFight campaign, designed to draw attention to the waste issue surrounding discarded fish at sea in time for the annual EU quota carve-up has attracted nearly 30,000 signatures in a couple of days. All the national papers have run stories and managed to come up with some unusual figures - in the Independent's article one reader makes sense of the more likely figure of many millions of fish being discarded than the quoted 1 million!

Avon Valley, on passage and then towed to Newlyn.

At 1940, lat night the 12m metre wooden fishing vessel Avon Valley contacted Falmouth Coastguard and alerted them that she was taking water. The boat was on passage from Falmouth to Milford Haven in Wales. FCG tasked both Sennen and Penlee lifeboats to assist, with Rescue 193 on standby at Culdrose. The two men aboard the sinking vessel were able to take a pump from the Sennen lifeboat to help stem the flow of water to the fishroom. Penlee lifeboat then took the vessel in tow back to Newlyn.

Mevagissey - high water came early for some.

Height of the floods looking into the square in Mevagissey yesterday.

Black Sapphire.

 If you have never done so before, why not make the best of the winter cuttlefish season.......

 it's time to try a traditional Italian recipe, Seppie al Nero.........

 or cuttlefish stewed in its own ink.......

one cracking cuttle courtesy of Mike Corin's beam trawler Sapphire........

 first job is to carefully split the underside of the cuttle to reveal the ink sac (which has to be removed and put to one side) and take out the rest of the insides........

 the familiar cuttle 'backbone' is provides traditional entertainment for the pet budgie........

split the cuttle body and slice across 1cm wide strips.........

 fry off some finely chopped shallot or onion in olly oil.......

 after a few minutes add the sliced cuttle to the pan, cover and cook for 20 minutes on a low heat........

 after the 20 minutes are up, season with salt and ground black pepper and add the ink (with the benefit of hindsight - it is not necessary to add all the ink but enough to give the dish its famous nero colour - a little goes a long way!).........

 time to cook the pasta, 80g of linguine or the pasta of your choice per person.......

 and the final dish always gets a comment!

Treasure hunting.

The sunken treasure hunter, Ocean Odyssey has been active south of the Islands of late.