Quotas, subsidies and Cornwall

How far have we come since 2001?

There are a few familiar faces in the sequences - shot mostly in Newlyn - including some observations from Porthelevener Mike Hosking (skipper/owner Silver Harvester) and a very youthful Andrew Pascoe!

Courtesy of Katylyst Productions - a short film for the BBC Learning Zone on the looming fishing quota crisis in the UK. Directed by Sharron Ward. Filmed 2001.

Scale model demonstration in Newlyn at 10am of the sinking of the Breton trawler, Bugaled Breizh

Ahead of the screening tonight at The Centre in Newlyn a demonstration involving scale working models will be giving in the harbour at Newlyn. 

Starting at 10am, the detailed model boats will be used to demonstrate the final moments of the Bugaled Breizh when they will be launched from the old slip by Trelawney Fish (the Canners Slip).

A closer look at sister ships to the Bugaled Breizh.

A film about the loss of the Breton trawler Bugaled Breizh that sank in inknown circumstances south of the Lizard just over nine years ago.

The film is bing shown at the following ports:

• Newquay 3rd March

• Newlyn 4th March

• Porthleven 6th March

• Looe 7th March

Cod, the continuing story of the fish that changed the history of the world - how things have changed!

Four years ago, according to this 2007 Greenpeace report, North Sea cod had only a few years to go before it became extinct...

last year, the Sunday Times ran a story saying that there were less than 100 adult cod left in the North Sea, there are plenty of other similar stories reported by the press...

http://blog.through-the-gaps.co.uk/2012/07/seafish-comment-on-cod-and-other.html

Jump forward to Peterhead fish market this week awash with a huge run of cod landed from boats like the Lapwing, Budding Rose ...

and the Ocean Venture who filled up with haddock

Fishermen fighting back!

It made the papers!

Marie Claire's final days at Exeter

Photos courtesy of Martin Johns

Newlyn Admiralty built beamer, Marie Claire - PZ 295 

pictured yesterday in the process of being broken up 

by Exeter Maritime Services at their base on the Exeter ship canal. 

So we should!

Right on the money!!!!