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Wednesday's fishy action

Shining John Dory always look so good...

and this time of year is megrim time...

these little red gurnard will keep a few crab pots baited...

just a reminder that this shark needs to stay whole for a while yet...

Twilight time on the slip...

another foreigner, this time from Poole...

same kind of boat, same kind of fishing - just 20 years in boat design have changed with the introduction of transom (square) sterns found on most fishing boats today...

the Alphaver is still in port today awaiting a decision over her trawl mesh...

along the green Cormac have kindly created a chart to show the public just how much concrete is being used to create the new sea defenses on Newlyn Green - a total of 2000m² is needed and at 6m² a orry load that's a whole lot of lorries!...

easy to see why when the size of the footings is seen, the bottom of the pit must be twenty feet below high water...

the concrete is pumped in like icing a giant cake.

Another French trawler detained for technical net infringement

It seems it is not only the visiting French trawlers falling foul of the law with their nets this week - in another incident the Roxy was escorted in to port by a French fisheries patrol - though not before the rest of the fleet took action and protested over a technical infringement sounding similar to the case with the Alphaver - maybe the same trawl manufacturers is involved? 

Translated for the article in Le Telegramme:

Roxy trawler Guilvinec was controlled by customs yesterday, 15 miles offshore. The size of some of its trawl mesh was considered less than legal size. "A normal effect with the effort," says the skipper.

Fish landing took place earlier than expected yesterday afternoon at Guilvinec. A big twenty trawlers returned to port to 15 h 30, in solidarity with the Roxy, controlled by the Customs boat a few hours earlier. Control to 15 miles off the coast that goes wrong in all skippers. "They sought to criticize laments Kevin Coïc, owner of Roxy. They were allowed to board when another boat had refused, they checked the papers, lobsters, codend ... Everything was in order. Then they measured the square mesh panel, and felt that the size was below the legal size. "Customs then wanted to enter the fishery. They relented seeing all trawlers present in the area begin to circle the Roxy to force to stay on board.

"It's not even an error on our part"

"The mesh knots move and become rectangles, this is normal with the effort. It was enough to pull up to the back properly ... It's not even an error on our part. "A plausible version Fanny Faure, head of the Department of Maritime Affairs Guilvinec. "It may happen that the mesh hardens with sediment accumulation. Here, we must ensure that it is wear and not an offense. "Once in port, Kevin Coïc made ​​new measures, consistent, these, regulation, a new part to support. "There ras-le-bol! Every day we are at sea, we are not criminals. It gets up early every morning, it is in port every night ... Why do not they come to check us when we land? At least we would not lose our time, not our money! "Says Nicolas Le Berre, sailor on the Roxy. Last night, Kevin Coïc had not yet received the minutes of apprehension. He faces up to € 1,500 administrative penalty and penalty points on his license fishing master. In the meantime, he was forced to remove and change the panel square of its trawl power returning to sea this morning meshes.
 

Tuesday evening action in Newlyn

Landing time for the netter Gary M...

while the Imogen III needs to go get those John Dory...

sporting a new coat of paint all over...

looks like there's a new colour scheme for the Stevenson fleet, the first of the 'blue tops' the AA is ready to go back to sea again after a major refit...

the classic yacht Agnes moors up in between the visiting scallopers...

six dredges a side worked by this small inshore Falmouth scalloper...

a pair of ice works, hopefully the new works (right) will be commissioned in August...

Still Waters powers away from the fish market.

Stuff nightmares are made of

The research vessel Nautilus is currently surveying the deep water coral beds in the Gulf of Mexico near to the site of the Deepwater Horizon oilfield. In the course of their research into how the coral reefs are coping port the oil spill the team have been recording some of the more varied examples of marine life found in the area - you wouldn't want to wake up finding this little chap making his way towards you!

"This beautiful colonial organism drifted past Hercules' cameras, and we followed it for as long as we could keep track. They are made up of many smaller animals called zooids, and can be found floating around the pelagic zone in ocean basins around the world. One famous siphonophore species is the deadly Portugese man o' war." 

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Breton trawler Alphaver escorted by the Navy and detained in Newlyn

The Guilvinec registered trawler Alphaver was arrested and escorted to Newlyn earlier today - a technical infringement is believed to be the reason she was detained...

after talking through the conditions leading to the detainment, three nets of the trawler were secured using heavy duty cable ties by the MMO...

the trawler was believed to be fishing some 50 miles north of Land's End.

Monday's fish

Two lucky lobsters one considerably older than the other perhaps by 50 or 60 years...

buying power on the market this morning for the Ajax's hake...

and a good few boxes of John Dory were up for grabs...

still keeping an eye on proceedings...

off for a day on the pots...

they will be looking for that one...

Cornish sardine boats ready to take the first fish for the season any day now...

there's a huge amount of concrete to be pumped into the foundations for the new sea defences where the hole was ripped out of the path back in February...

the last of the heavy showers have passes across the Bay...

so the light is ideal this morning.