It's an inshore #FishyFriday for the finest freshest fish here in Newlyn!

The bowling green sprinkler has lost it's way today...

is it me or is stainless steel not so stainless these days...

the Excellent still makes a great subject for the artist...

a good cross-section of offshore and inshore boats today...

with top quality turbot in good numbers...

helping to fill the market floor...

there's even some bait for the crabbers to boot...

while one of the port's top inshore fishermen gets to grips with one of the great wonders of the ocean - the humble cuttlefish in their coat of many colours...

big boats catch big cod it seems...

while contradicting the rule book again, the inshore trawler Innisfallen has another good haul of Cornish megrim soles on the market...

all the more for Cefas to get data from - rumour has it that Cefas are short of Observers if you fancy a career change - ideal position for a graduating marine biologist or environmental science student with a passion for things marine...

great to see Craig from Stevensons enjoying another #FishyFriday on the market...

signs of summer showing...

whiter than white turbot on the belly side make top dollar...

while topsides blend in so well with the seabed they cannot be easily seen from above...

box after box of turbot - these days there are no visiting Danish or Grimsby turbot boats visiting the area though...

while the catches of monk remain consistent with the trammel netters working offshore...

two top fishermen chew the fat or whatever the piscine equivalent is...

MyGhal, all set to sail...

some are making a break for breakfast...

other seem to have more time on their hands

while others have the job of polishing the brass nameplate first thing in the morning...

For Sale, an 18ft Padstow Pilot Day boat - price TBA, contact on 07503767884.

Lucky live lobsters and langoustine

Anyone getting a chance to visit the FishExpo at the AECC, Aberdeen this week can check out an innovative approach to solving a fishy logistical problem - how to transport fish out of water - well shellfish anyway!

Lobster Pod was designed by husband and wife team marine biologist Keith and Errin Todd - both with substantial experience of inshore fisheries and all things shellfish.

The Lobster Pod is a novel, patent pending live shellfish vivier system. It has been scientifically proven to increase survival to over 99%. The quality of the shellfish is improved by utilising a unique controlled atmosphere system which creates the optimum conditions for lobster, crab, langoustine and other shellfish species. The system is palletised to make road and container transport even more efficient.

They have have just launched the LobsterPod website with more information here:

Ahoy there!

Almost all the fish on the market this morning is top quality inshore fish form the smaller members of the loial fleet who enjoyed a good day's fishing yesterday as the sun shone...

still not around in any great numbers, these John Dory fetched top dollar prices...

and the Imogen III had a big (for an inshore trawler) of megrim soles normally found in quantity in deeper waters, young Roger must have ventured further afield than normal...

this turbot is in top condition - look at the full meaty body cross section...

while the Ajax put ashore a good run of hake...

to keep the buyers on their toes...

with many of the fish in the 2-3Kg grade...

and even more in the 4-5kg grade boxes...

some of the buyers reached for their phones to check on the latest price form other markets...

a sure sign one of the Scottish prawn boats put ashore their whitefish - these boats do not tail the monk like the local boats do...

another day,another day closer to the great Sardine kick-off...

which Baden might not notice while passing the few shops in the viallage...

new to Newlyn it's Becky Cornish's Cornish barber's shop the Cornish Barber...

for a close shave and to look good after a hard week at sea pop into the Cornish Barber opposite the fish market...

across the Bay the sun has yet to burn off the low-lying cloud...

while the Gry Maritha waits for her next sailing orders to the Scillys...

nearing completion, the Ygraine sports her brand new mizzen sail...

looking good from the sharp end...

the home of all good local pirates and ne'er do wells!

Crystal Sea II bound away @ThroughTheGaps

Classic sail in the Bay

The sailing ship Georges Stag makes her way out of the Bay to the Scillys...

while the beam trawler Cornishman positively glows in the evening sun...

resplendent in her new coat of paint after returning from the Dutch shipyard and a major refit...

with some interesting new kit on the deck...

including this huge deck fish pounds...

and an interesting flush deck hatch...

on the New (Mary Williams) Quay is an ultra contemporary looking catamaran from CTruk Boats...

while a classic example of a varnished Scottish woddedn built hull graces one of the pontoon berths...

along with a host of sailing craft as the season gets underway...

Tamar Class relief lifeboat Taylor Freeman has a resting place for the night...

champing at the bit - the four biggest boats in the local Cornish Sardine fleet lie in anticipation of the season to come - everyday they will be listening to the boat-to-boat radio and shoreside conversations of other fishermen to see if there are any signs of the fish appearing in the Bay......

the netter Ajax landed her trip of hake to the market for sale in the morning...

while the Replenish, the biggest of the visiting prawn boats from Scotland waits to go back to sea today...

not far behind the Crsytal Sea II as she heads for the gaps...

and out into open water past the Mount...

while her fishing pal, the Tranquility goes stern on to the end of the quay to run her trawls ashore for repair...

three inshore boats get their fish ashore...

while over in Penzance harbour the Happy Return has returned from a day's sailing in the Bay...

in dock, the beamer James RH gets some serious attention paid to her hull.