Self contained - Light in the Bay.

As the season changes most mornings this week have seen a fog of varying strength cover Mount's Bay.....

giving off a warm glow over water that is still less than 10 degrees........

pause for thought........

Iceberg couldn't resist the Twilight's megrim soles ........

as fish made good money on a quiet market with many of the fleet not at sea over the huge tides of the past few days........

what fish was there soon went.......

not often on show, a set of male ray's 'claspers' used to wrestle with a member of the opposite sex in conjugation......

there's some serious repairs going on down the not so new, New Quay, or Mary Williams pier to give it its full title......

more machinery needing repair or replacement.......

Britannia IV makes her way off to sea.......

and it won't be long before the Cornishman joins her........

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Kessenuma - a port and community almost entirely dependent on fish.

As the intial shockwaves, both literal and figurative, subside in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake, fishing ports like Kessenuma look to the future in an uncertain climate. If ports like Newlyn consider themselves big and important in relation to the GDP of Cornwall, consider the part played by Kessenuma - home to 68,00 residents of which 25,000 work in the fishing industry - the one port alone considerably bigger than the entire UK fishing industry, both shore and sea side!

Morning light.

 Another warm morning........

that looks cooler to the West.

Lady Maureen is in the harbour.

Closer to home, the Brixham beamer Lady Maureen has just entered the harbour and looks to be taking a berth on the end of the New Quay to land.

Good reception for VesselTracker's AIS.

Clear skies and a Northerly breeze constitute ideal reception conditions for AIS signals in the Western Approaches.

Top tide.

Despite little wind there's a heavy swell in the Bay at the top of the big equinoxial tide.........

and big monks don't come much bigger than this guy, from a sandy bottom judging by his light skin colour......

somehow, the market appears to have lost one of its up and over doors, just as well no one was underneath at the time.......

good morning light for the camera.........

evicence of more damage on harbour property.......

smoko time.........

plenty of trade for the FalFish wagons to pick up........

latest show at the Newlyn Orion Gallery, Roger Hilton Passmore Edwards Centennial and Jack Doherty ceramics to view.........

top o' the tide.........

some shiny new kit on the Cornish Ice Company's machine........

end of the bloomin' daffs is nigh........

tiz messy down the quay thsi morning, Royden will not be pleased with the gull population........

cow in the road........

cockerel in the sky.......

and a visitor from Padstow, the Fiona Mary........

the Scillonian is now out and about ready for the new Summer season sailings to Scily.

Tickets please!

More good news! - funding for the Under 16.5m skipper's ticket - which effectively means that every boat over 10m must be at sea under the command of a qualified skipper - has been extended till the end of June now.


See Seafood Cornwall Training Ltd for more information or speak to Sarah crosbie on 44 (0) 1736 364324