Plenty of mackerel, pollack, hake, turbot, Dover and megrim sole on Newlyn market this morning.

Plenty of boats and plenty of fosh this morning after the Bank Holiday weekend...

boxes filled the market...

with top quality flatfish like these megrim...

Dover soles...

and brill...

a smattering of conger...

and Paul just had to go and check out the langoustine situation west of the Scillys...

late landing for the Myghal boys...

cracking red mullet...

and the best line-caught pollack on the market this morning from Mr Smith's Sea Spray...

eyes down...

for the net fish...

and the almost prehistoric-looking thornback ray...

mighty-mouthed turbot...

get taken away post-haste...

the trammel nets of the Karen of Ladram picked up a few lobsters...

and craws...

working deck of the Trevessa...

and the Myghal...

early season scalloper visitors from Wales...

and Brixham...

and another very deep-drafted Scottish prawn trawler, Jacqueline Anne...

Blue Thunder heads off to the Scillys to locate the ASV Thomas...

bow on to the Jacqueline Anne...

as the weather warms the number of yachts increases dramatically, many from France...

practical rather than aesthetic sterns are the order of the day on these trawlers...

busy day on the gear on the prawner Bracoden...

tidy way of keeping a rib on board...

a working scalloper's deck....

a Celtic cousin in town...

open at last, the Jubilee Pool...

and the first visit to the dry dock for the new IoS supply vessel, Mali Rose.

Fish tracked across six Breton ports.

The six auctions of Cornwall test new European standards. The objective is to monitor quotas and resource, to fight against the black fish.

Everything fits on a single ticket: the name of the vessel, the fishing zone, the species and its caliber, the fishing technique, the date of capture ... A QR code provides additional information.

Each batch of fish landed will now be accompanied by such a ticket ensuring full traceability. For example, 4,800 tickets were printed for a single day in Guilvinec (120 tons, from 10 to 12 boats).

"We have just taken a big step with this new system imposed by Europe. But it was not easy to implement, " says Christophe Hamel, Director Cornish auctions. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Manager of six auctions, was chosen by the state to test the new system. Two months were needed.

EUR 270 000 "The objective of the European Union is to fight against the black fish, monitor quotas and resource ... This traceability is needed for all States. All that is landed, by auction or by private contract, to be informed, route " , says Christophe Hamel.


This scale test conducted in Cornwall has cost EUR 270 000 (90% subsidy). The main difficulty was computing: it was necessary to connect the database of six auctions Cornish and national basis. ICC also had to buy printers for editing tickets and the QR Code.

A value for the auctions Finally, it installed six terminals supported in the auctions. They are intended for fishermen who do not sell their fish by auction. "We did not see this project as a constraint. Rather, it is an opportunity. It also gives added value to our auctions, " said Christophe Hamel.

Managers hope that fishermen will turn more towards the auctions. This new regulation is indeed a certain burden for them. Other French auctions will now follow the Cornish example .


Article courtesy of Le Courrier and translated by Google Translate. For Cornish read Breton of course!

Steaming in and steaming out.

Just some of the boats entering and leaving Newlyn on any given day - starting with the Moray Endeavour and the Vision II, two of a small fleet of visiting Scottish prawn trawlers. Dennis Pascoe, one of the ports oldest full-time fisherman gives the camera a wave as he heads in through the gaps at 8am after a morning's fishing from his inshore punt, PZ218 Sprigs of Heather.  Completing the action, the port's newest gill netter, Joy of Ladram leaves for another trip fishing for Certified Cornish hake.

Sunny Saturday in Newlyn.

Picked out in a hazy morning sun, the prawn trawler Vision II makes fast on the end of the quay after a week fishing west of the Scillys...

while another prawner, FMoray Endeavour takes ice...

these days the crews of many Scottish boats are from the Philippines...

time to replace those dollies on the St Georges...

yet another visiting wave farm cat, Seacat Volunteer...

it's easy greasing the hanging blocks at the end of the derrick quayside...

whereas the other derrick requires more effort and agility..

the bulbous bow, it's what makes the boat more efficient in the water...

all set for a day at sea...

all set to land those prawns...

and take on some new gear...

the Billy Rowney's new miniature crewman

going through the gear.

#FishyFriday in Newlyn

All set to dry out as the tide drops...

there's always work to be done on a boat, above or be,low the waterline...

today's menu is...

the collection of boat's tallies is growing...

the white soles of Dover...

and in the red corner...

the megrim, by a short head...

skinned monk tails are all the rage with the Scottish boys...

while the big man Don goes for prime...

and Roger Nowell Jnr cannot resist chasing those JDs...

not to be outdone by the visiting haggis boys...

the James RH has given the langoustine market a touch of home-caught for the merchants to try - good quality too

big, bad bass courtesy of the Boy Dylan...

keep a good huddle round the boxes...

three's company, big monk from the Orion...

while at the other end of the market the buyers are bidding...

on the port's only MSC certified white fish...

Cornishsih hake...

from that well known boat, the Ajax...

eyes down for the next bid...

there's two sides to every white fish...

the bull nose cod...

the incongruous conger...

and the colourful plaice...

all set for a journey north, another wind farm service cat spends the night in Newlyn...

Millenia bound for the ice works...

signs of fine weather, plenty empty berths...

just a couple of passing yachts...

a length of very old trans-Atlantic cable with the inner copper core revealed...

and still some of the protective tarred outer layer visible...

she's taking shape at the stern...

and the bow...

 the Galilee is looking good!