Onshore.

Seaweed piles up on the beach as a fresh onshore wind has been de rigeur for the week......

is the proximity of the drain of significance?........

not sure which crow is vested with a yellow bill?.........

such is the power of the sea, the Wherry Town ruver outfall is now almost buried buy shifting shingle......

early bird gets a say in local politics as the Mission plays Polling Station for the day.......

the compliments abound......

not much doing on the market this morning, other than identifying the scales that aren't working......

big boats = big gear.......

the scallopers do their bit for crab bait........

a mix of pleasure, leisure and work crowd the pontoon berths......

more litter to be collected.......

a chance for all those interested in the Arts to get a hearing in the village next Tuesday and to determine their role on the all important Harbour Commissioner's advisory body........

thew sort of morning sky beloved by landscape artists, rain or sun in the offing in equal measure......

the Dutch gig team still partying after taking part in the World Championships on the Scillys......

Jubilee Pool repairs underway before the season proper starts.

Maria Damanaki talks at Seafood 2011.

European Union Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki addresses a crowd at an Industry Alliance for CFP Reform-organized discussion during the European Seafood Exposition on Wednesday.

In an exclusive interview with SeafoodSource Contributing Editor Lindsey Partos, European Union Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki addresses the challenge of finding common ground among stakeholders without weakening the effectiveness of a reformed Common Fisheries Policy or sacrificing the health of Europe’s fish stocks.

See her deliver the interview here.


  

May Day plus one.

Pen y glas, crabber against the fish market........

 all the boats do their bit at sea fishing for sea litter........

one very strong breeze, the same that prevented the Scillonian III from berthing in St Marys over the weekend thereby preventing the return of hundreds of gig rowers from the World Championships.......

 visiting Irish beamer Willie B makes her first appearance of the year........

Holyhead Towing Company's Colwyn Bay shelters for weather for a couple of days.......

 the same wind blows through the fish market.......

 a least these cracking turbot........

 and monk tails stay cool......

 up the other end of the market, whole monk, as is the norm for Irish boats, from the beamer Willie B.......

 the choppy seas over the weekend seem to have cut the Battery Rocks' swimmers' buoy from its mooring rope.......

it seems the man's on tour........

while the prom is awash at high water.

Busy day on a Dutch seiner UK153.

Our friend on the Lub Senior has had a fishy day today with six shots so far, better than the three he made yesterday.

Battery Rocks swimmers' buoy washed up.

Cornish crab is top table choice at the royal wedding reception.

Apparently, amongst the mainly Scottish seafood spread supplied some sumptuous Cornish crab was also enjoyed by 650 guests at the Royal wedding reception at Buckinham Palace last Friday. No clues as to which Cornish crab company was the honoured supplier.

North and South Poles in a day.

 With the weather less than clement a visit to the Falmouth's Maritime Museum was in order...... 

 and a chance to explore the Poles......

 in the company of one of Britain's finest ever leaders, Earnest Shackleton, and his genuine string vest......

 follow the penguin footsteps on a journey South.......

 and polar bear prints heads North.......

 there are several rooms with Cornish maritime artefacts of course, including this salt pilchard cask stencil......

 and more modern exhibits fill the floor to ceiling areas......

 down a spiral staircase (or lift), below sea level, a small shoal of grey mullet amuse the visitors......

 while this isa close to a lighthouse lantern lens as you ever want to be.....

 one of Design Cornwall's containers adorns the precinct in front of the museum.....

 and the newly commissioned yacht, Akalam from Pendennis Shipyard ......

 is waiting for delivery.......

 at this time of year there are a good selection of gin palaces on the pontoon berths.......

 viewing if the shipping over, time to eat, and having the need to enjoy a glass or two it was decided to give Rick's chippy a miss till next time......

 instead, located right next to the museum, The Shed provided sustenance and warmth of service with a starter of Cornish Sardines......

 that went all too quickly......

followed by more Cornish shellfish - the sauce tasty enough but lacking in creamliness.