Cornish boat builders - Treeve Boats, Hayle

Truro College film student's first try at documentary with great support and help from Cornwall Film Festival and Truro College. 

Treeve are renowned locally for their care and attention to detail when it comes to building small boats for inshore fishermen.

Live from UEA tomorrow - Introduction to Oceanography

Introduction to Oceanography

An great Introduction to Oceanography workshop and conference is being run this weekend at the University of East Anglia. Led by renowned resident oceanographer Carol Robinson and of interest to fishermen and many others the weekend course will be livestreamed - using the timetable below watch and listen to the presentations as they happen:

https://portal.uea.ac.uk/learning-technology/studio-technology/uea-live-streams/introduction-to-oceanography


SATURDAY 7 February 2015


09.00 Course introduction and aim Carol Robinson

09.15 Development of oceanography & marine technology Carol Robinson

10.00 Introduction to physical oceanography Rob Hall

13.30 Introduction to chemical oceanography Tim Jickells

14.15 Introduction to biological oceanography Carol Robinson

15.15 ‘“How good was the vis?” –  the science of underwater light, and a start on DIY by oceanography Rodney Forster

16:00 How to be a scientific diver Rodney Forster



SUNDAY 8 February 2015


09.00 Marine biology: from plankton to fishes and fisheries  Simon Jennings

09:45 Effects of increasing temperature and carbon dioxide Carol Robinson

13:30 Antarctic oceanography & marine biology Simon Morley

14.30 Seasearch East  Rob Spray

15.35 Marine conservation Simon Jennings

16.20 Open forum / course evaluation Carol Robinson


Those taking part include:


Carol Robinson

I am a marine biogeochemist working at the University of East Anglia. My research focuses on how the growth of marine plankton affects the cycling of oxygen and carbon dioxide in seawater and the atmosphere. I learnt to dive with Newcastle University Sub-Aqua Club in order to see for myself the underwater environment that I was learning about in lectures. I later became a BSAC National Instructor, and have also undertaken some scientific diving in the Antarctic, Aegean and Atlantic. Although now a mere ‘armchair diver’, I’m still passionate about understanding and conserving the marine

environment. My professional webpage is : https://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/people/profile/carol-robinson carol.robinson@uea.ac.uk @CarolRobinson8

I am a physical oceanographer working at the University of East Anglia. My research is on internal waves and internal tides, their interactions with complex topography such as submarine canyons, and their effect on turbulent mixing, biogeochemical fluxes, and primary productivity. I learnt to dive in Fiji during my gap year before going to university. Although I haven’t dived in a few years, I am a keen kayak fisherman and have spent many hours adrift on the seas around Norfolk and Hawaii.

https://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/people/profile/robert-hall


Tim Jickells

I am an environmental chemist whose research particularly involves work on the scale and impact of atmospheric deposition on the oceans and on coastal nutrient cycling. I’ve been involved in field work from Iceland to Antarctica. I began my working life in Scotland with the Clyde River Purification Board (now part of SEPA) before moving to Bermuda for 7 years working on coastal pollution and ocean biogeochemistry. I learnt to dive in Bermuda and was involved in both recreational and scientific diving. I returned to the UK and UEA in 1985 and have been here ever since, and have never returned to diving in our temperate waters! 

https://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/people/profile/t-jickells


Rodney Forster

http://www2.hull.ac.uk/science/iecs/about-iecs/staff/dr-rodney-forster.aspx


Simon Jennings

I‘m a marine scientist and adviser on marine environmental management working at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in Lowestoft. Most of my work focuses on marine ecology, fisheries and biodiversity. I learnt to dive in the turbid Firth of Forth with the Scottish Sub-Aqua Club and later became a BSAC First Class diver/ Advanced Instructor before moving into scientific diving, especially fish census work, as well as some cave diving. Although no longer active as a diver I keep a keen interest in the topic and a lot of increasingly obsolete gear in the garage. My professional

webpage is : https://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/people/profile/simon-jennings

Simon Morley

I am a marine biologist working at the British Antarctic Survey. My research focuses on how marine invertebrates have evolved to different environments. By understanding the mechanisms by which changes in temperature, light and food availability affect these animals, I aim to predict their vulnerability to future conditions. My professional web page is:

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/contact/staff/profile/SimonMorley/personal/

Rob is an active conservation survey diver with Seasearch and runs courses on marine life identification and underwater photography. He has recently retired from BT Research after 24 years in TV and Cinema technology. Rob regularly gives talks on Seasearch diving around East

Anglia, as well as diving and marine life around the world. See http://www.1townhouses.co.uk/

It's a ffffffffffffffreeeeezing #FishyFriday here in Newlyn!

#FishyFriday 's market is full of fish...

keeping the data collection team busy on the market...

more tall tails...

the eyes have it...

won by a short nose...

and staying in the black as the cuttle catches drop away...

the biggest landing of the day reserved for the 180 boxes...

of hake...

from the Govenek of Ladram...

with good prices keeping the buyers on their toes and warm...

with a good mix of whitefish to go with the hake...

a good mix of sizes...

with the bulk of the hake catch around the 2-3 kilo range...

a bit like the woman of sailors of yore, a box in every port...

those cuttles leave their mark and a few hours work washing down every day...

down the quay the latest boat in the fleet is nearly ready to sail...

while visiting Brixgam beamer Harvester takes shelter overnight...

with her 3m trawls for close inshore work...

there's a full moon setting this morning over Chywoone hill...

Sapphire II, one of the big beamers that landed this morning.

Missing Belgian fishing vessel wreck located

The missing Belgian fishing vessel, which lost comms in the channel last week (Wed 28th January), was located today by a survey vessel. The Dutch authorities have sent a Royal Netherlands Navy warship the ‘HNLMS Luymes’ to the fishing vessel wreck location. On board the warship is a diving team and a Dutch police officer, which is standard procedure for missing people. Two officers from the Belgian shipping inspection, which is in charge of the investigation, are also on-board the warship. HNLMS Luymes is expected to arrive on scene tomorrow morning.

The Belgian fishing vessel that went missing last week with the loss of four lives was located off the Hastings coast by survey vessel.  HNLMS Luymes has arrived over the position...

 of the wreck today...

and is reported to be using ROV devices to survey.

Inshore fisherman tracked across the Channel! #eatlessfish ;-)

Which canny inshore fisherman was tracked over the course of 282 days?  Not content with just fishing the inshore waters off Holland, Belgium and France but traversing the channel to fish the coasts of Kent, Essex, Suffolk and even as far north as Norfolk.

Was he English? Dutch? Belgian French? - this pirate of the Channel holds no passport and operates blissfully unaware of the CFPO's quotas for all the species that he catches and often discards all but the best part of the fish he catches despite fishing well inside the 12 mile limit of four EU countries!

His latin name would be Halichoerus grypus, translated to English as the 'Hook-nosed sea pig' - known to fisherman the world over as the common grey seal. On average they consume 5Kg of fish per day unless breeding.

Get your £2000 towards replacement Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)

THE MMO is offering grant aid of up to £2000 towards replacement Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) terminals for over 15 metre boats, with applications open until 20 February.

Filling out a page of the Inmarsat C linked VMS log book for the MMO at sea.

For some years now fishing vessels of 15 metres and over have been operating a satellite-based vessel monitoring system to comply with EU Regulations. That requirement is now extended to vessels of 12m overall length and over by Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011


The introduction of VMS to these smaller vessels is now almost complete. The MMO is therefore now in a position to accept grant aid applications for replacement terminals for English fishing vessels over 15m.


Once the MMO receives application forms and clarifies these meet the eligibility criteria it will contact the supplier, AST, who will in turn arrange for a time and date for installation. After AST install the device they will then invoice the MMO for payment.


Application forms and further guidance is available from the MMO website. Failure to apply is likely to result in vessel owners paying at least £2,400 for the new device.


For more information contact Ray Hedley on 0300 123 1032.




For some years now fishing vessels of 15 metres and over have been operating a satellite-based vessel monitoring system to comply with EU Regulations. That requirement is now extended to vessels of 12m overall length and over by Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011
The introduction of VMS to these smaller vessels is now almost complete. The MMO is therefore now in a position to accept grant aid applications for replacement terminals for vessels over 15m.

Reminder on grant for e-logbook software upgrade

The MMO wrote to the fishing industry on 14 January about grant aid to upgrade the separate e-logbook software systems. The deadline for this was 6 February. Anyone who has not yet applied should contact the MMO as soon as possible.

Consultation on Options for the South Inshore and South Offshore Marine Plans

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is currently preparing marine plans for the South Inshore and South Offshore Marine Plan Areas.

The MMO has already undertaken a number of stages of plan preparation;

·       analysing the evidence,

·       identifying issues,

·       drafting the Vision and Objectives. 

For information on the South marine planning process to date please go to the South marine plans pages on the MMO website.

The MMO is now launching consultation on draft plan Options.

The Options process focuses on the consideration of different ways of achieving the draft plan objectives and vision, to make sure that the choices made and their implications have been considered.

We have produced an Options report, explaining the options and this is available to view here

This is an informal consultation on the Options report and it will run for four weeks from the 3 February to the 4 March 2015.

There are a number of consultation questions we would like you to address in your response:

Question 1 - Which is your preferred option? In answering this question, please note it is not possible to select a combination. However, in your response to question 3 you can tell us if you prefer a combination of the options.

Question 2 - Why do you prefer this option?

Question 3 - Would you make any changes to this option and, if so, what? Would you like to combine aspects of different options into a new option? For example, if you prefer option 1 for objective 1 but option 3 for objective 2, please tell us.

Question 4 – Do you agree with the intent of the policies? If not how would you change them?

Question 5 – Please indicate those issues you feel are out of scope (eg. those appropriate for signposting rather than marine plan policy).

Please respond to the consultation via the online consultation tool:


https://www.connect.marinemanagement.org.uk/consultations/south-options