Underway, under the sun, up on the slip.

 Just before the sun comes up over Penzance promenade......

 through the gaps.......

 a busy market morning.......

 with top quality JDs from the inshore trawler Elisabeth Veronique.......

 along with these cracking red gurnards......

 end of the auction for Ocean Fish......

 those sardines are still coming.......

 one trawl, top and bottom.......

 good night's work for the cat, Lyonesse......

 this year's Turner Prize entry from Karl........

 half mast again.......

 Scillies lifeboat, the Whiteheads is on her way to the slip......

 at high water on a big Spring tide.....

under the watchful eye of harbourmaster Andrew Munson.

Pictures from Newlyn Fish Festival 2011

Good news for Newlyn Fishermen's Mission - talks are underway that might see the Fish Festival expand and run over the entire Bank Holiday weekend in future - Harbourmaster Andrew Munson will be delighted!

Opening this year's festival, Padstow chef Paul Ainsworth from his No6 Restaurant (a winning finalist on the Great British Menu earlier this year) did the honours and gave an affirmative speech on what makes Newlyn and Cornwall special in the culinary world - top quality local produce sourced from fish markets and farms around the county.

View the Fish Festival image gallery here.

A few of the fishiest fish bits of this year's Newlyn Fish Festival......

Seafood and Eat it........

Finalists in the first Cornish Fishmonger of the Year Competition.

This year saw Cornwall Seafood's first fish challenge that brought together six fish filleters from local companies in close competition. The even was judged by Duncan and Sue Lucas from Passionate about Fish along with programme leader Annie Sibert from Seafood Cornwall Training.

View the Fish Festival image gallery here.

Early worms catch the fish - looking towards Newlyn.

Marios ahoy! - too much of a temptation!

One member of the household just can't wait to get his paws on those freshly-baked-out-of-the-oven marios!

Newlyn Fish Festival - all set!

 The Dock Inn in Penzance has music for all and more besides it seems.......

 but not gold-plated windows like St Mary's Church......

 so that's how they keep the boats away.......

 over in Newlyn the public will be kept from falling in the harbour by barriers......

not by one but two rows......

 stalls at the ready.......

 always time for a cuppa George......

 not so Royden with plenty still to do.......

 though the lorry park is finally washed down and the stage all set........

 good to see Mr Corin has put the effort in and is covering the boat in bunting and flags......

the oldest lugger without an engine in town, Guide Me.......

two fresh paint jobs in the netter fleet.

One for Sanjay to savour - proper job Cornish cooking - Marios ahoy!

 Take a recipe for marios.......

 or another..........

 basic ingredients, apart from Bish's spice mix, obtainable from the Deli in the Digey, St Ives.......

 fill a baking tray with the beer and malt or cider vinegar, sliced onions, bay leaves, salt and pepper and a few teapsoons of Bish's spice mix.......

 this will give the fish a rich, golden colour when they are done.......

 pop in the fish and arrange the bay leaves.......

 almost cover the fish with the brew......

 tightly wrap the whole lot with foil.......

and pop in the oven overnight - even better in the bottom oven of an Aga - either way the temp needs to be around 110º.

It's a Cefas Saturday.

 That's a lorra lorry to reverse down the quay......

 keep 'er comin'.........

 in safe hands.......

 7 stone boxes don't move too easily......

time for the engineers to come ashore after giving the St Georges the all clear.......

so that she can head back to sea.......

two-way traffic this morning.......

Nathan hands over the week's samples from the Cefas skate research trip........

let go of that springer, commandeered for a trip, father Curtis is about to jump aboard.......

so clean you can almost see your face in it.......

there's a queue forming for ice........

that's a fine looking ray Lionel!