Harbour plan waits on consultants' report.

NEWLYN Harbour Commission has not yet submitted a plan to Cornwall Council that would give it access to half a million pounds to use for renovations at the port.


The council set aside £500,000 for the port authority in its 2012-13 annual budget, which will become available on receipt of an acceptable business plan and a display of good governance.


Harbour chairman, Gilbert McCabe told the Cornishman in March that a business plan would be submitted within a month.


However, speaking this week, harbour master Andrew Munson said nothing can be done until consultants come back to them with necessary information on proposed works.

Museums at Night - in Newlyn this coming Saturday night.

Salt

19 May 2012

Join Andrew Fielding in the garden as he extracts salt from sea water, using the ancient method of heating saltwater in ceramic troughs over a peat fire. Andrew’s aim will be to see how much salt he can produce in the 12-hour period.
We will also work throughout the night with Amanda Lorens to create an animation of tales in a salt landscape. To sustain our audience and participants there will be a variety of fruits from the sea, from the edible to the aural available, including a series of salty tales, told throughout the night.

Suitable for

• Any age
• Family friendly

When

8-9pm

Where

Newlyn Art Gallery

Website

http://www.newlynartgallery.co.uk/?Events

MSC Sardine report - keep fishing guys!

Cornwall sardine, UK MSC status Certified as sustainable in July 2010. 

Summary Species: Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) 
Location: ICES Management Area VIIe and VIIf. 


Fishing methods: Ring nets and drift nets Vessels: 13-14 vessels using ring nets and 12 vessels using drift nets 


Number of fisheries: 1 


More about sardine:


The sardine can be found throughout the North Atlantic eastern continental margin from Senegal to the British Isles and in the Mediterranean and adjacent seas. It is commercially exploited across its distribution range, with the most important fisheries occurring in upwelling areas. Sardine is a pelagic fish that forms large schools that off the Iberian Peninsula are distributed along the continental shelf of the Atlantic Ocean in depths ranging between 10 m. and 100 m. Sardine is not normally found off the continental shelf. Schools of juvenile fish tend to be separated from adults and are found closer inshore, typically associated with estuaries and rivers. 


More about the fishing methods:


The fishery uses ring nets and drift nets, operating in traditional areas close to the coast of Cornwall and within six miles of the coast. The Cornish sardines are brought aboard from the drift or ring nets. Once on board, Cornish sardines are iced to maintain quality and freshness. The vessels use insulated bins and some vessels use fish holds to store the fish chilled before being taken ashore at a Cornish port. The sardines are sold to merchants and fish processors either directly from the vessel or at an auction market. 


Fishery tonnage:


In 2007, ring nets caught 92% of the 1248 tonnes landed. Commercial market The fish is processed in several ways: fresh or frozen, head and gutted, whole and tinned. Fresh fish are packaged in ice and cool boxes for transportation to customers. Remaining fish are primarily frozen and packaged in boxes for frozen storage and then onward to customers.


Read the full report here:

All at sea makes for a quiet market

 The jackup rig Seafox 7 has been joined by a Customs boat this morning, according to the WorkFox web site the rig is an Accommodation and Maintenance Support rig and its present location is the North Morecambe Field in the British sector, Irish Sea - the second time in as many weeks the rig has been held up for weather - there's also a crew change for the tug to sort first........

 time to stretch the wings at Wherry Town.......

 a handful of boxes graced a very quiet mid-week market.......

 with most of the fleet now in the middle of their trips......

 all eyes will be on the Algrie waiting for her to leave the port for the first time in a year or so.......

 heading out through the gaps, the beam trawler Sapphire........

 FY registered inshore trawler, Innisfallen........

 number one in the port is just leaving.......

 around 8 of these boxes with what looks like aerials underneath are just one of the interesting developments inside the fish market at Newlyn; as to their purpose, rumours abound and include sophisticated fly killers, pigeon scaring devices, comms with the cafe for ordering bacon sarnies, improved mobile phone reception or even a computer fish auction - perhaps a bit far fetched some of these rumours.......

 so it's time to mull over these and other pressing thoughts for the day with some tea and toast in the Mission......

 as the punts head in from a mornings work.........

shopping on the roadside.

Dogs, dogged by bad luck dodge home

It seems that any boat with a dog in the name is destined not to finish the mini transat class Fastnet race this year. First Mad Dog (Jake Jefferries) and then Mad Spaniel (Aussie Geoff Dunium) have had to turn back from the Bishop Rock - Fastnet leg of the race and head for that well-known fishing port in the far west of Cornwall, Newlyn. Must be something of a homing instinct in Geoff's Solo Sails?!!


Next question is, will sailmaker Woody be a hero and give the boys a dry warm bed for the night when they get in?

One year ago today.Cornish and Alderney flag

Cornish and Alderney flags fly in respect.

It was one year ago today that a young Jersey fisherman, Liam Guille was lost in Newlyn Harbour.

One pound fish, very very cheap!

Muhammad Shahid Nazir - who is from Lahore in Pakistan is the singing fishmonger in Queen's Market, Upton Park, London drums up trade with his tag line "One pound fish" in the busy East End market.  There were plenty of mackerel on the stall - be good to know where he gets his fish from and how his working day is organised.

In the meantime, hundreds of thousands have seen the videos on Youtube and a number of singing acts including Alesha Dixon have jumped on the cheerful chap's song.