Another busy week in Newlyn.

During the week, more steel sections arrived on the Resource Centre build site...

and the uprights were all put in place...

before the roof sections arrived...

the lower girders...

were added...

and the roof trusses sorted...

and added to the first two roof sections...

always good to see a classic boat in the harbour...

and the UK's largest scalloper frpm Scotland...

as work to replace a dozen quay fenders gets underway...

the port welcomes the return of the Cornishman from her engine work in Holland, the very same week the MAIB report into the fatal incident which resulted in the death of one of the crew was published.

 

It's a sizzling start to the 2025 Cornish sardine season!

The first of this year's Cornish sardines have been swung ashore! The Lyonesse and the newest boat in the fleet, Inter-Nos landed well over 10 tons between them. First to pump fish aboard at just gone 10pm last night was the Inter-Nos, followed a few hours later by fellow fleet member, Lyonesse, skipper Tom Lambourn - seen here craning some of his catch ashore. 

Follow this year's sardine saga by bookmarking the Cornish Sardine Management Association's news blog!

Summer fog hits Newlyn.

Walking along Newlyn Green and there's no sign of the largest fishing port in England early on Sunday morning...

and not much better in the harbour itself...

with the Twilight busy landing at the market...

the new plastic curtain doing its job...

as the visibility slowly increases...

the old quay finally revealed...

the Resource Centre build it by numbers kit has been delivered...

and the lifting gear to put the girders in place...

things are a little clearer on Monday morning...

with some cracking quality fish like these John Dory...

and monk tails up for auction...

along with huge landigs of Mediterranean octopus which are still being caught all along the south coast...

there were good landings of red mullet...

and the usual mix of ground fish...

to go with even more eight-leggers stacked high in the day-boat fridge...

along with this very respectable landing of bass from young Mr pascoe...

and a good run of mackerel for some...

heading away from the gaps, Claude Henry...

as the Crystal Sea is passed by the dive boa Seeker...

closely followed by the Padstow registered crabber...

Isabelle heading in to land...

and that's all just before...

Mr Stevens sets sail to look for his ends, no doubt the possibility of struggling to lift pots full of octopus is also filling him with dread...

things must be bad across the pond...

and still the sardine tubs keep coming!

Golowan Festival FishyFriday!

Boats of all sizes and types, including the Mounts Bay Lugger Association's Happy Return, making use of the big tide to find time 'on the hard'

the latest crabbers to joing the Rowse fleet side-by-side...

two fishy-themed flags flying on the prom and even one of those is octopus inspired...

it was a quiet market at the end of a a busy week...

with fish mostly from Enterprise...

that's another harbour fender nearing completion, three down, three to go...

time for a stroll up the quay...

more signs the sardine season is not far away...

just a few of the fuel tankers that service the fleet...

what it will look like...

what it looks like now...

some interesting plans are in the making for the the new boatshed which sits...

on the same site as the old one, this photo was taken back in the day when the road was built across the beach that separated Newlyn Old town which grew around the Old Quay, from the Tolcarne area and the Coombe river. Explore the history of the Old Harbour here.

 

Mid-week in Newlyn.

Painting by numbers...

last of the hake netters to land for this tide...

another old salt that can't stay away from the quay...

AB Blake, now demoted...

time for a bottom scrub...

the iconic Jubilee Pool, home a bit of geothermic heating.