Three years of prawn fishing captured on AIS

Here's something different, the behaviour of 60 or so boats from the Scottish prawn fleet between 2010 and 2013 from cems on Vimeo. Captured in a time lapse video.

Plenty of turbot and monk tails on Newlyn fish market

"Early one morning, just as the sun was rising"...

signs of summer as a few boxes of mackerel come on to the market...

but most of today's fish on offer is monk tails...

and turbot...

heading out to sea...

the inshore boats begin to get away...

a spare engine or two...

as the Shiralee stands off waiting for ice...

time for the youth of the area to get their creative hats on and take part in the Newlyn Art Gallery's latest venture, Drawing a Presence...

things are not so clear for Tom looking over the Bay...

or towards the Mount...

the Darling Bulbs of May.

Intuition takes to sea again

After months of work the crabber Intuition is busy filling her vivier with brown crab and lobster shooting and hauling on the grounds Untiooff Pendeen and Land's End.

NEWS! - New information for buyers, merchants, restaurants, chefs and fishermen

Through the Gaps now features a departures and arrivals board at the top of the page. The box will show when boats that are at sea for a number of days are due to sail and land. A brief summary of the fish being landed and amounts of some will be included. 

Stevensons of Newlyn manage the fish auction

Lizard #lifeboat yacht #rescue video

Update to Saturday's Lizard lifeboat rescue of two people on their 40ft yacht off Lizard point. The two people on board the yacht, which had damaged rigging in strong winds was nearly 40 miles offshore when they called for assisstance before being helped to safety by The Lizard lifeboat. 

Looking at the lifeboat's video the weather would be probably be best described by fishermen as, 'uncomfortable'.

Re-furbished fishermen friendly Godolphin Arms

Good to see the newly re-furbished Godolphin Arms in Marazion supporting UK fishermen, though the staff might lose out on the deal if customers decide to pop what would have been their service tips in the Mission envelopes provided!...

the menu makes use of local produce including fish where possible...

so the hake boys will be pleased to see this on the menu...

and a very tasty pan fried hake dish with steamed spinach and a crushed new potato base lavishly laced with hot garlic butter!

Monday's mixed market

The weather over the last few days saw even some of the bigger boats manage broken trips...

though what was landed was top drawer stuff...

with a few grey mullet thrown in for good measure...

cracking hake form the Govenek of Ladram...

and a solid landing of superb turbot...

and big late season cod...

as usual the small inshore boats land tip-top fish like the Tracey Claire

looks like today will be a little less hurried than the weekend's blustery conditions...

the new ice works is about to have its coolant pumped in by the looks of the big tanks in waiting...

time to set sail...

just a handful of the ports inshore fleet waiting for better weather and the Cornish Sardine season to get underway.