#FishyFriday says, "Good morning Irene, good morning!"

Keeping a handful of visiting yachts company, the classic West Country Trading ketch Irene anchored off Newlyn...

seen contré jour makes for a different scene...

must be a good sign, a double rainbow beams down on the Sapphire II...

and the Serene Dawn in the process of landing early season sardines at the fish market... 

where a couple of beam trawlers and a few inshore boats have put fish on this week's fish starved market... 

giving the buyers a chance to open their cheque books...

especially for such top quality fish like these red mullet...

and the ever-so-versatile monk tails form the Sapphire II...

magnificent shining examples of mighty mackerel...

make up a good part of #FishyFriday's fish...

while alongside the market the Seeren Dawn begins to discharge her night's work 

as more regular shots of Cornish sardines are coming ashore, Tom reaches out to grab the clip of the brailer to release the fish into a waiting tub... 

the process repeated until all 9 tonnes are put ashore...

iced...

and ready for the lorry transport...

it's been a quiet week thanks to the unseasonal weather!

Finishing up painting the Ajax dodging in heavy seas 100 miles west of the Scillys.

The bottom right hand corner needs to have a much closer sea showing as it passes under the boat alongside the Ajax...

the water breaking away from the viewing boat is heavily aerated as it is pushed away from the hull...

of the boat from which the Ajax is being viewed...

 time to sign and frame ready for hanging.

Wednesday's market in Newlyn

Sardines look out! - the latest addition to the sardine fleet is almost ready to take her fishing net on board...

this time of year many of the boats are looking smart after their paint-ups...

though they lead such hard lives it will only be a matter of weeks before she looks weather beaten...

always gear to do on a trawler...

another sky full of rain...

repairs to the AA's derrick are nearly complete with the bent section cut out...

lovely lemons..

and the number of boxes of haddock are increasing...

one grey, one red gurnard...

plenty of Dublin's Richard Corrigan's favourite fish...

the last thing the prey of  a hake sees before meeting its doom...

the slightly more quirky if benign face of old man cod...

not quite tiger prawns on the market...

Mr Morley has nets for sale...

more of the old prawn boat shelter coming off the Galilee...

just landed, another alien craft...

and out come the contents...

don't miss Friday night at the Swordfish for live music...

colour co-ordinated at the Newlyn Design Centre.

Atlantic - World's Wildest Sea

ATLANTIC from Laurence Hartwell on Vimeo

Courtesy of BBC.

A short edited section from the BBC2 series Atlantic- World's Wildest Weather. 

In this landmark series, the BBC Natural History Unit explores a vast ocean that stretches nearly 10,000 miles, from Arctic to Antarctic and from sun-drenched tropical reefs to crushing abyssal depths. Over three programmes it reveals the amazing, surprising and resilient inhabitants of the Atlantic, both animals and people, as they pit themselves against the world’s wildest ocean. Narrated by Cillian Murphy, the first programme, Life Stream, follows the Gulf Stream - a massive ocean current travelling thousands of miles across the North Atlantic.

Huge gatherings of whales gorge on fish beneath the Northern Lights, giant turtles chase monstrous jellyfish and fishermen battle for survival in mountainous seas. This extraordinary current is a migration super-highway and brings fertility to the ocean, but it also warms Northern Europe, even keeping part of the Arctic Ocean free of ice in winter. Everywhere it flows, the Gulf Stream helps to drive life.

Monday's fish market it is.

Dramatic skies this morning...

in just the same place, a yacht moored outside a boat called the trawler Panthfinder many years ago - the crew on the trawler had finished washing and cleaning down the boat after landing which included pumping out all the dirty fishy water from the fishroom - the outfall of the trawler's fishroom bilge pump was just above the deck of the moored yacht and the yacht had a window open - they were not best pleased...

looks like the AA has a problem...

but her fish are on the market...

so is a great shot of JDs form the Dory King...

a good shot of hake...

and turbot from the Govenek...

and there are mackerel about!...

signs of high water passed...

another visiting wind farm cat...

looks like the AA has lost one side of gear...

and has a big job on to repair the derrick...

spot the odd one out...

looks like the shipwright is aboard the Galilee...

fit that door...

Debbie's toungue as sharp as ever ;-) !