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Sunday 27 February 2011

Around the harbour and the town.

The harbour now has its own Floating chandlery.......
it takes two to supervise........
or else.........
two doors, two dorys........
always jobs at the end of a trip.......
another tugging job done........
some serious tidying up kit in place.......
the old girl has been laid up for some time now.......
shoreside reperations.......
let's hope they do.......
it pays to keep up with the latest sub-sea cable news.......
not the best hand of the morning's Euchre session.......
well, why wouldn't you.........
the end of an era, what was Jewell's has now become the well known Lewis' Fish and Chips........
a better image of that painting mystery.......
with what looks like the artist's name of J Edwards, obviously of American origin with the date format being what it is.......
they'll be clamouring at the door when they open.......
a night of proper jobs an' plenty of yarns........
gallery window art........
spotted on the prom........
on the way up, Penzance's latest restaurant to open for business.........
is the almost eponymous Untitled by Robert Wright has taken over where the Abbey Restaurant left off - what was Cornwall's first Michelin starred restaurant sports two kinds of eating experience, downstairs is a casual tapas eatery (for those who were around in the day, via that tunnel-like entrance in what was the old Zero Club - which, before that, was the stables for the Co-op dairy many moons ago) and upstairs is an a la carte restaurant which promises to provide excellent local food in interesting surroundings - if Robert's old establishment at the Gurnard's Head was anything to go by well worth a visit.

Saturday 26 February 2011

AIS news - Free VesselTracker app comes to the iPhone!

You can search by vessel name.......
the new app then allows you to zoom in quickly to your chosen area.......
 when you can then check the recent track left by the vessel in question......
 


as she made her way out of Penzance wet dock and just after passing Mousehole she turned and headed by to Newlyn......
and went alongside the New Quay to moor. Check out the VesselTracker web site for more information - best of all, it's free!


Friday 25 February 2011

Pink around the gills.

The Bay briefly bathed in pink this morning......
on the market a few dozen boxes were up for auction with most of the fleet back at sea after a few days of inclement weather, expect heavy landings on Monday's market......
best time of year for roes, maybe we'll see some figure on Masterchef.......
along with some quality pollack.......
or a few of Robin's mackerel.......
the heavy skies are a portent to much rain predicted for this afternoon......
which will undoubtedly restrict the view from the hillside.......
must have become fed up with explaining to the postman that it was all one house now......
numero uno Old Paul Hill.........
cheese and onion in one shot......
I wandered lonely as a daff........
two wheels and wheeling gulls.......
hard to beat for views over the Bay......
so that's where the netters anchors end up......
always worth checking out the latest Newlyn School art work at Penlee Gallery in town.

Portuguese Sardine News.

Surveillance Report:  Portuguese Sardine Purse Seine Fishery

This is the first annual “Surveillance Audit” for the MSC-certified Portuguese Sardine Purse Seine Fishery.



This fishery was certified according to Marine Stewardship Principles in January 2010 after an assessment of the fishery that commenced in 2008.
 
The purpose of these meetings and the assessment was:-
 
1. To review any changes in the management of the fishery, including stock evaluation, regulations, and changes in key management or scientific staff.


2. To evaluate the progress of the fishery against any Conditions of Certification raised during the Main Assessment.

Thursday 24 February 2011

Tuna fishing - Petite Marie Claude - film 4 and more info.

As Jacques Blanken suggested, it would be good to get the story from one of those aboard the boat when the incident of the 'firecrackers' happened. Newlyn fisherman, Robert George who made the trip and shot the film has this to add by way of explanation:
"The day in question the crew were getting more and more frustrated, we were catching nothing and boats that we were close to were hauling fish aboard. The skipper went below and returned with a pocket full of dynamite and fuses which he proceded to light with his fag and then broadcast. I kept a low profile remembering what happened to Jonah when things on his ship whent wrong!


The Petty Marie Claude came to Newlyn the following year at the mackerel drift net fishery during the winter of 1965/66 ( I think that was the last year the French drifters worked and either the last or next to last year for the Yorkies) George Peak and I had a drink with Xavier and I brought up the incident, George's translation was that we had sharks swimming under the boat."
So the plot thickens!

More photos of tuna fishing from Douarnenez, this time of the Ar Bageergan skippered by owner Chris Hill. These days the boat is in Penzance wet dock and provides a home and business under the name 'Bag o' Rags', which is what she was called by the fishermen of Newlyn, unable to get their toungues round the Breton name for the, 'Venetian Boat Song'.
Rigged for gill netting.
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Heading for Douarnenez with tuna poles.
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Leaving Dournenez - gill entting.
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Gill netting.
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Heading for Douarnenez - tuna fishing.
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Landing - tuna fishing.
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Landing - tuna fishing.
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Landing - tuna fishing.
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On the repair yard.
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On the repair yard.
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