Welcome to Through the Gaps, the UK fishing industry's most comprehensive information and image resource. Newlyn is England's largest fish market and where over 50 species are regularly landed from handline, trawl, net, ring net and pot vessels including #MSC Certified #Hake, #Cornish Sardine, handlined bass, pollack and mackerel. Art work, graphics and digital fishing industry images available from stock or on commission.
The Peterhead pair team Budding Rose and the Lapwing are picked by VesselTracker's AIS - the track left shows that the two boats are clearly pair trawling - towing a single net between the two boats - this reduces the amount of drag on the seabed as the method does not require the net to be spread by the use of trawl doors - both boats towing a single net provides plenty of spread and allows longer sweeps or bridles to be used - generally, this method provides a much bigger catch return than simply doubling the catch for using lees fuel...
the boats are working grounds south south east of the Shetlands.
No fish in the sea? the Lapwing taking on board a single huge haul of haddock on the North Sea - it seems legislation can't change fast enough to cope with ever changing fish populations - it's all about fecundity and viability.
The Committee on Fisheries calls on the Committee on Transport and Tourism, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
1. Recalls the strategic importance of the fishing industry for ‘Blue Growth’ in terms of the supply of fish and the food balance in the European Union, as well as its considerable contribution to socio-economic well-being in coastal communities; recalls further that the EU imports over 60 % of the fish it consumes from third countries;
2. Acknowledges that the seas and oceans will increasingly play a key role in global economic growth in the future; considers that the ‘Blue Growth’ strategy, as part of the Integrated Maritime Policy, will encourage the development of synergies and coordinated policies in the fisheries and aquaculture sector amongst others¸ thus generating European added value and contributing to job creation in the marine sector;
3. Emphasises that aquaculture and fisheries should contribute to food production on a sustainable basis throughout the Union and to long-term food security and consumer protection; considers that the development and innovation of a sustainable aquaculture and fish processing industry should be encouraged, by cutting down bureaucracy and promoting employment opportunities in these sectors, improving the quality of life in both coastal and rural areas;
4. Recognises the advantages of growth in different marine sectors, e.g. the development of offshore energy installations and marine mineral mining and the importance of attracting investments in that respect; stresses, however, that when realising these activities the utmost attention must be paid to avoiding damage to the marine environment and to fishing grounds; supports, in this connection, the development of Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Zone Management as a means of achieving a coherent and effective use of marine space; maintains that these planning and management tools have to be applied at the practical level in order to gauge the cumulative impact of the numerous human activities carried out at sea and in coastal areas;
5. Welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a directive establishing a framework for Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Management and stresses the importance of coherence in its future application;
6. Stresses the importance of marine and maritime research and of data collection and exchange in understanding and taking account of the complex interaction between the various maritime sectors as well as for the development of sustainable fishing that is respectful of the environment and takes into account the social and economic needs of coastal and island communities;
7. Acknowledges that protecting Europe’s maritime borders is a challenge for Member States; considers that a successful blue economy requires secure EU maritime borders, with a view to ensuring the protection of the marine environment, fisheries controls, the combat of illegal fishing as well as law enforcement; points, therefore, to the importance of setting up a European coastguard to coordinate operations and surveillance at sea; furthermore, stresses the importance of stepping up regional cooperation initiatives relating to the fisheries sector;
8. Stresses the importance of the future European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), which for the first time combines Integrated Maritime Policy and fisheries funding, as well as of the European Investment Bank (EIB), in supporting the sustainable and environmentally friendly development of fisheries, aquaculture and fish processing, as well as revenue diversification in the fishing communities dependent on those sectors, in particular in respect of small-scale coastal fisheries, vocational training for women and young people and attracting new entrepreneurs to the sector;
9. Urges the EU to pursue ambitious international agreements aimed at improving management of fisheries, using as its benchmark its internal strategy for sustainable blue growth;
10. Stresses the importance of coastal regions and of sustainable coastal and maritime tourism for the development of an all-inclusive social and green maritime economy; urges the Commission to develop specific programmes dedicated to the development of fishing, coastal, maritime and cruise tourism, and other areas of economic development linked to the sea and to fishing activity, thus contributing to the socio-economic development of local communities; underlines the importance of the coexistence of mutually enhancing skills, essential in order to protect existing jobs and stimulate employment along maritime regions;
11. Points out that due account must be paid to the particular geography of the outermost regions.
The Swordfish, Jack Nowell's local in Newlyn where all hands are in place for kick off at Twickenham as England take on Ireland in the latest round of the #SixNations...
the home team get off to a rocky start causing some consternation on the faces of those watching from the comfort of the bar...
as yet another scrum goes Ireland's way...
as the second half nears ending England have slowly turnbed up the heat sufficiently to come out on top...
and young @Nowellsy15 certainly played his part in this crucial game - bring on the Taffs!
While dozens of granite blocks lay on the beach in front of the prom...
work begins to clean up after the storms...
with the warnings on the most severely damaged places...
some of the biggest granite coins ripped during the storms have been lifted onto the prom prior to being replaced - where are the men with the working knowledge of handling huge granite stones like this?...
access denied...
to Bolitho Gardens for the moment...
over in Newlyn the old lugger, Children's Friend after being moved up the harbour...
has sunk in her new berth...
causing a few scratched heads...
taking shape on the ground, the new ice works is being assembled in-situ...
and due for completion in March...
the weather is fine enough for even the small boats to get to sea...
though the big cat makes a return...
showing her extremely sleek hull lines...
before berthing...
ready for the coming season...
there is much work being done by the crabbers to restore their fleets of pots...
while the local bird population keeps a beady eye on things...
as does Tom now behind bars...
many old stones from previous workings have been revealed along the green...
while the armouring at the Tolcarne kept the biggest seas at bay reducing damage...
the path along the front at Newlyn Green looks like being closed for a while...
despite the improving weather...
despite the damage, everywhere else, like the Art Gallery at Newlyn is #openforbusiness as usual...
as is the Little Cafe on the prom...
setting out in a new spot...
the old shelters are a little more draughty than before...
top of the list of jobs is the much needed restoration work on the Jubilee Pool which was badlky damaged in the storms...
as was the harbour wall in Penzance, where the crane driver revealed...
that the biggest stone lifted so far from where it was washed inside the harbour weighed 9.2 tonnes...
heavy work for the dive team...
it'sthattime of year when the Scillonian III gets a refit in Penzance Dry Dock.
