Skills of the hand, artisnal work on and around the harbour.

The Fish Shop, retail outlet for PJ Tonkin, Newlyn Fish Merchant is undergoing a major refurbishment this week including a dramatic window display unusually these days created by a sign-writer rather than using a computer and vinyl......

all that is needed is a brush, a mahl stick (upon which to rest the brush and) and a steady and......

looks like some sort of ex-Admiralty launch.....

the big one has gone two up in recent days......

plenty of big visiting yachts.......

forklift 2 tons, old anchor 5 tons, no chance Royden......

new gear time for the Admiral Gordon.......

you can't call yourself a trawlerman until you can splice wire.......

and then when the damage has been done.......

cut out the damaged meshes and mend the rest of the trawl.......

good to see the old St Ives lugger Barnabus off to sea with a novice crew about to get a taste of life on a dipping lugger.

Fisherman flown to hospital after losing finger.

 

 A fisherman has been flown to a hospital in Plymouth after his fingers were crushed on a fishing vessel.  Falmouth coastguards received a call from a crew member on the beam trawler William Stevenson at 11:55 BST.

William Stevenson picked up by VessdelTracker's AIS software.

An RAF rescue helicopter attended the scene, 20 miles south of the Isles of Scilly.

The fisherman was assessed on the boat by a paramedic and airlifted to Derriford Hospital where his conditon is not yet known.

Monday's mackerel day - in protest.

Pin boned mackerle fillets in olly oil........

on a high heat.........

served with fried bread Mediterranean style (in oil not dripping) and caulflower couscous with a lemon puree sauce - a Cornish variation using locally caught Cornish mackerel (in protest to Iceland's unilateral decision to set its own mackerel quota and ignore the current stock ICES stock estimates) to the cod used by the guest Icelandic chef, Agi Sverisson on last Saturday's Saturday Kitchen - the Best Bites.

Rolex Fastnet Yacht Race is on as they head round the corner.

Picked up on VesselTracker's AIS screen, nearly 300 race yachts make their way past Land's End on the outward leg of this year's Rolex Fastnet Yacht Race. This year's record entry saw the big French multihull Maxi Banque Populaire first to the Fastnet Rock at around 0930 this morning. At a more sedate pace, the bulk of the fleet hit the edges of Mount's Bay on their way to Land's End late in the afternoon with the wind conveniently backing SSW from the NW breeze earlier in the day.

A quiet start to the week, mainly top quality inshore fish on the market this Monday morning..

 One of many boxes from the inshore fleet who were busy over a weekend of fine weather.......

 and a good first trip for the Ajax now under new management.......

with a few boxes of huge 7+ kilo hakes ready to go up for auction......

 a box of big craws will no doubt be the centre piece at a number of good restaurants.......

 light before the auction started would have quickened the heart of Stanhope Forbes and Walter Langley for sure.......

 

 the old Cap'n Keast dugout has had a lick of paint it seems......

 making waves in the gaps.......

 and almost framed by two wild agapanthus, the beamer Chloe T  on the slip.......

 always worth stopping for, a steaming bowl of Jacki'es famous crab chowder........

 the figurehead at Matelot's cottage, she was apparently salvaged by Frank Dewar, from the ship Zaureena. Frank Dewar made miniature lobster pots to sell, and stuffed animals were found in the loft.........

 

 and a perfect day for it shaping up over in Penzance harbour.

Sun morning in Penzance.

Leaving Penzance early on Sunday morning to catch the tide 'going round the corner', the Padstow dredger Sand Snipe's dry dock refit is over so she heads back to her home port.......

to be followed by the first of the angling parties.......

passing the trainees aboard TS Victory.......

always a new scene on show at the......

PZ Gallery........

with seating provided in which to contemplate the contemplated......

another fish book, Fishy Fishy hits the shelves.......

hope that's not for me.......

a very nautical window in Mount's Bay Trading, Causewayhead.

Fishy Friday II - very much in season from Cornish beaches - Grey Mullet and ratatouille.

This time of year is good for grey mullet - especially those caught off the Scillies or Sennen beach as they are less 'muddy' than those fish that frequent estuaries......

if you are going to prepare the fish yourself rather than have the fishmonger do it for you, don't forget to remove the mullet's big scales - used a zester in this instance!......

the gut cavity should be clean and seasoned with salt and pepper......

select the veg to go with the dish.......

stone the black olives.......

prep the veg........

put half the chopped shallot and garlic and a piece of fennel in the gut cavity.......

cover with the sliced toms, olives and anchovies.......

wrap tightly with foil and bake for around 40 minutes at 170º.........

in this case a surfeit of veg meant that a tatty-rats was on the cards.......

plenty of olly oil.........

and voila!