Girl Rona waits for salvage team to arrive.

Image courtesy of Torbay Surfing web cam.

Attempts to re-float the capsized fishing vessel Girl Rona appear to have been halted - despite the valiant efforts of the local team, strong easterly winds have made pumping out the vessel impossible. In this shot taken around 2pm from a web cam overlooking the entrance to Teignmouth Harbour, she can be seen laying on her side on a shingle bank. All five members of the crew were taken off safely after the boat capsized when a freak wave hit her as she attempted to navigate the narrow channel entrance to the port on Monday evening.

Few fish for sale with the fleet at sea.

 Small netters, Girl Pamela and  Britannia IV provide the bulk of the fish on the market this morning.......

 with the addition of four boxes of mini monk tails.........

 it's time for the buyers to assemble.........

 after the conclusion of the fridge sale........

gone are the days of long ladders and long arms to paint the masts on bigger vessels.

Cornish Hake on the table in Honiton.

Hake dish from chef James Baxter

@AjaxAH32 my latest hake dish with river Exe mussels .....keep it up, the hake's going down a storm at the moment - !pic.twitter.com/LApE4cJ6- latest creation from chef James Baxter at the Holt in Honton, Devon. 

Pelagic pair team working south of the Lizard..

Sister ships, Wiron 5 and Wiron 6 tacked on the AIS as they midwater trawl south of the Lizard.

Cornish fish feature in sustainable seafood products sales increase.

Good news for MSC accredited fisheries in Cornwall from the Environment pages of the Guardian newspaper -  

"Sharp rise in sustainable seafood products on sale in UK The number of fish and seafood products on offer certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council up 41% to 988....."

The story cites examples across a range of seafood products featured on supermarket counters including our own Cornish Sardines.......

"Sainsbury's – the largest UK retailer of MSC-approved fish — has just launched its 100th MSC-certified product. Its Icelandic line-caught haddock will add to other successful products including Cornish sardines (once known as pilchards) and its Basics range of pollock fishfingers. The launch also marks the first MSC-certified fishery in Iceland."

Monday morning market.

Black bins fill the middle market floor.......

Sarah Crosbie joins Andy Wheeler and the first set of recruits all set for week three of Seafood Cornwall Training's, Introduction to Fishing' course get their first look at a busy auction sale and a chance to see the results for those boats that have been to sea for more than a week.........

lots of lovely lemons......

and quality haddocks from the inshore boats......

keep the market floor busy.......

numero uno from Falmouth.......

the eerie figure of Mr Downing graces the deck of the Billy Rowney........

and then it's back to going through the gear.......

as if fishing wasn't dangerous enough........

maybe some snow on the way this morning St Just way.

Three Hungry Boys head for Land's End.

Hugh's Three Hungry Boys have begged, borrowed and stolen (from the River Cottage garden) their way to the half-way point of their penniless, energyshare-inspired journey from Park Farm to Land's End on Channel 4.

 Hugh's impressed so far. He's seen some excellent foraging, cunning barters and some pretty respectable meals. But he knows the threesome have some exciting adventures around the corner as the boys pass the mid-point tomorrow at 7pm 

Daisy, their milkfloat, into a swap shop at a Cornish carnival - but all doesn’t quite go to plan. And Tim finds himself in a tricky situation blagging their three-tonne milk float onto a ferry for free. 

In this series the intrepid trio have five weeks to travel across the West Country without any money. To survive they’ll have to hunt for food for themselves and renewable electricity for their converted milkfloat - a three-tonne, 1980s electric milk float - with a top speed of 17 miles an hour. Get it right, and they’ll eat like kings as they trundle through some of the most beautiful places in Britain. Get it wrong and they’ll be starving and going nowhere fast!