Who can identify the Karina Olsen?

@sprite1967 wants to get in touch with the owner of the ex anchor seiner or 'snubby' the Karina Olsen - which she thinks was previously the Dover Star which her father skippered until 1981 out of Grimsby. The boat has been in Grimsby dock for years and is now in Penzance.

These anchor seiners used to make trips up to three weeks using a seine net fishing mainly for plaice in the North Sea. They were capable of riding out appalling weather when lying at anchor - the bunks in for'ard accommodation had sliding doors to keep their occupants from falling out!

Anyone who can confirm that the Karina Olsen was indeed the Dover Star or who can put Moy G in touch with the present owner should tweet her - @sprite1967

Sunny Saturday in Newlyn

Like a giant Jenga game the promenade sea wall is being...

put back together...

Saturday it might be but some of the boats are landing...

not all to Newlyn market, which is one f the reasons the port has now slipped to third place in the English ports' league...

most inshore boats land their small crab catches direct to a local merchant

a box at a time...

ably assisted by the next generation of fisherman...

another paint-up underway...

the new ring netter Mayflower is yet to make her maiden voyage...

one of the port's ex-French fishing boats, the Imogen III...

there's a pecking order at sea...

generally it is the bigger who takes precedence and any scraps going...

time to stow the gear on the St Georges...

while aboard the punt the flask comes out for a cuppa to kickstart the day at sea...

any day now...

the Nelwyn Co-op will open again.

Inspire Project - Nautilus Live

This cruise to the southern Lesser Antilles volcanic arc is part of the INSPIRE project, funded by NSF with the purpose of studying and improving telepresence for ocean exploration. Scientists will implement several student-designed exploration projects led from shore. 

Kick’em Jenny is the most active submarine volcano in the Caribbean Sea, and during the past century it has shown a history of progressive growth with explosive eruptions. Hazards include explosive eruptions that can breach the sea surface and the potential for tsunami generation. The Nautilus cruise in 2014 will continue exploration of Kick’em Jenny with a new set of sensors to examine any changes in gas/fluid venting in the inner crater that might indicate renewed eruptive activity. Another area of investigation is a large province of cold seeps and mud volcanoes North of Trinidad & Tobago. These methane and sulfur-rich fluids host chemosynthetic biological communities and produce mud volcanoes by transporting and discharging fine grain mud on the seafloor. -

See more at: http://nautiluslive.org/expedition/2014#sthash.hqIbvD7k.dpuf<br><br>

Get inspired and be exhibited at Penlee House Gallery

Penlee House Gallery & Museum is asking for contributions to it’s 2014 ‘Penlee Inspired’ exhibition and YOU could be part of it.

Following on from the success of the two previous ‘Penlee Inspired’ exhibitions, Penlee House Gallery & Museum will be hosting an exhibition of works by members of the public inspired by the collections and exhibitions of Penlee House. All ages and abilities will be represented, from complete beginners to established artists, and their work will be hung alongside works from Penlee’s collection and those loaned from other galleries and museums.

Contributions are invited from individuals, groups, schools and colleges, and can be in any medium—including paint, collage, textile, sculpture, photography, film and animation. Creative writing is also welcome. Submitted work can be representational or abstract, the only thing we ask is that the collections or exhibitions at Penlee House are the inspiration behind all contributions.

Penlee House is most famous for its paintings by the Newlyn School artists, but the collections extend beyond that to archaeology, social history, textiles and photography, giving plenty of scope for some exciting and original artwork. In addition, during the year, Penlee exhibits many works from museums and galleries throughout Britain. This pack contains details of the selection criteria, and information and application forms for individuals/groups and schools/colleges.

@penleelifeboat out on a shout to the container ship Pengalia 4 miles south east of Land's End

@penleelifeboat Ivan Ellen was launched at 11:49 to assist the 129m container ship Pengalia...

about 4 miles south east of Land's End...

Updated at 1250

the Pangalia has now resumed steaming and heading SW to take up her plotted course around Land's End while the Ivan Ellen makes her way back to Newlyn.

Get fed up today - with #FishyFriday fish!

Friday's fishy feast from Newlyn includes the finest megrim soles...

succulent squid...

many monk...

grumpy looking ling...

and a selection of top drawer fish like red mullet and black bream...

even more megrims...

gorgeous grey mullet for a more earthy dish...

and a shot of golden...

gilt head bream...

that always look stunning...

just some of the finest fish from a big selection of dayboat hauls...

like these brightly spotted plaice...

brought to the shore by clean ground trawls like this...

and the beam trawl fleet about to take fuel.

Brixham number one - again!

Taking the number one spot, Brixham Trawler Agents Barry Young is all smiles

BRIXHAM’S fishing industry is ‘buzzing’ and looking forward to a ‘bright future’ as an annual report shows that the amount of fish landed in the port has increased by 10 per cent and is the highest catch in both quantity and value in England.

Figures from the UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2013 report recently published by the Marine Management Organisation show the value of the port and others. The report shows that the amount of demersal fish – those living on or near the seabed and feeding on the bottom, including haddock, cod and whiting – being landed into Brixham, Plymouth and Newlyn increased by 10 per cent to its highest level in 10 years, showing that fish stocks are ‘healthy and being fished at sustainable levels’.

Brixham had the highest quantity of landings in England last year with 13,500 tonnes of fish including shellfish landed during 2013, with a value of £24million. Plymouth had the second highest quantity of landings with 11,600 tonnes of fish, with a value of £13.5million.

Barry Young, director and chief auctioneer at Brixham Trawler Agents, said the report was ‘very good news’. He said: “Last year was a very good year although our turnover was down on 2012. If we hadn’t had the bad weather in November and December it would have been an exceptional year. “At the beginning of this year, fishermen didn’t catch much and the processors would have had to empty their freezers. I believe they are now trying to get their stock back up. “The port seems to be buzzing at the moment. There’s a bit of an uplift. Everyone thinks there’s a bright future ahead.”

Overall, landing figures show a decrease on the figures for 2012, when Plymouth had the highest quantity of landings in England with 15,748 tonnes, and the national trend has seen a drop of one per cent in quantity across the UK, with the overall figures for fish landed by UK vessels down to 624,000 tonnes, and a seven per cent drop in value down to £718million.

Cpt Jim Portus, CEO of the South Western Fish Producer Organisation, welcomed the MMO figures. He said the league table was ‘the restoration of a position that’s normal’ and Plymouth had the highest quantity of landings in 2012 due to a particular company’s investment in mackerel boats. He said: “There are some high value fish in Brixham. We’ve got good variety on the doorstep. “Fishermen are limited in the amount of time they can spend at sea by regulation and the weather. The size of the fleet hasn’t changed significantly so the figures must be down to the fact the stocks are doing pretty well. “While the figures show the sustainability of the fishing industry and of the fish itself, next year’s figures may well show a downturn because of the turbulent weather we have experienced earlier this year which affected the fleets badly.

“The main ports — Brixham, Plymouth and Newlyn — were affected similarly by the bad weather in January and February so it won’t affect the league table but there’s every possibility the figures will have been hit. The tonnages can only be made up if we have a really successful period to December. “The industry is still making money which is good for our region. But the figures don’t show the cost of catching fish.”

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