Nine stunning paintings adorn the fish market in Newlyn.

It started with a trip on the Karen of Ladram with skipper Sid Porter showing local artist Henrietta Graham over the boat shortly before she made a week-long trip hake netting 80 miles west of Scilly...

from there she made sketches and studies of the crew at work while the boat fished for hake...

then a series of huge oil paintings followed depicting the diverse range of activities needed to keep the fleet at sea...

in the studio she was watched over by a portrait of her one-time mentor Ken Howard working on the action down in the fishroom when landing...

to putting finishing touches to 'Landing Cornish Sardines at night'

after the finished artworks were photographed by local photographer Steve Tanner they were then transferred and printed on durable aluminium panels, here seen checking the quality of the test prints with harbourmaster Rob Parsons...

the blank, grey walls of the newly refurbished fish market cried out for some sort of decoration and what better way to celebrate Newlyn's continuing ability to lure artists from far and wide to document the fishing industry...

ever since Walter Langley and Stanhope Forbes founded the pioneering Newlyn School in the late1800s, no doubt as in this picture, 'Local Critics' by Langley the works will attract comments from the local community, especially those that might see themselves immortalised in paint as there predecessors were...

and so work began...

affixing the aluminium backed prints...

by the guys from Booths Print in Penryn...

who printed the photographic copies of the original canvasses that capture so many aspects of the port...

from the old 'shout' auction which started every weekday at 6am...

to lifting boxes of fish from a refrigerated fishroom during landing...

welding a beam trawler derrick...

landing sardines...

sorting and boxing fish at sea in the fishroom...

taking a break after landing... 

repairing a scalloper...

to gutting and washing the catch of hake...

also at sea, a crewman on the lookout for a dhan used to mark the end of a tier of nets...

roll-up on lips looking aft as the skipper brings the boat into berth against the quay...

the finished works can all be seen easily from the pavement opposite the fish market...

BBC Spotlight recorded Henrietta's reaction to seeing several years work finally on view to the public for the first time. Some of the original large canvasses are available for viewing and purchase directly from the artist via her website. 

So, how does a lobster grow?!

Lobsters, given that they can live for well over 50 years continually get bigger as they grow older. But, given that they have rock-hard shells on the outside, how is that possible even possible?

Padstow shellfisherman, Johnny Murt explains all: 

"This got me excited today! A very recent lobster moult (known as ecdysis) came up in one of my pots close to Boscastle. It’s obvious the moult was recent as it hadn’t eaten it’s old shell yet and there was another lobster in the pot, no doubt waiting to eat the soft lobster. You can see the old shell where the seam has split and the soft lobster wiggles free. The old shell carapace length was approx 93 mm, the new shell, although still soft was approx 115 (so will likely be larger) - approx 24% increase in size from one moult. 

Awesome animal!"

Men at work on the Manin on a muggy Monday morning in Newlyn

Hardly a breath of wind to disturb the tranquil waters of Newlyn this morning...

as the crew of the Ocean Pride struggle to pull the Sapphire II back into her berth before making her way to the slip cradle...

meanwhile on the fish market  there are couple of big trips of haddock and other quality white fish for the Irish trawler Unity...

hake from the Ajax...

and quality flats form the beam trawler Sapphire II...

including Dovers...

and medium...

and large monk tails...

and plenty of quality from the inshore boats like the Millennia...

name this oily fish rich in Omega3...

some cracking tubs...

and Capn'tCod will have been smiling all the way during his long steam home with tis little haul of bass on board the Butts...

the difference between small mackerel and sardine...

nothing os wasted these days, tubs of pot bait...

over at the slip the Ocean pride is now starting her journey on the slip cradle...

with young PD keeping a close eye on proceedings from the comfort of his cradle seat...

as she leaves the water...

trials for the Twilight III may be concluded today...

as PD gives the Ocean Pride the once-over below the waterline...

as does one of her crew inspecting the cooling...

time-lapse of the Ocean Pride riding the cradle up the slip...

the Padstow registered dredger Manin is due to spend much of tis week cleaning up the harbour bed...

the Iris at high water is keeping out of the way today...

as the Manin begins to manoeuvre into her first dredging station...

as Master Habour Dredger and Marine Superintendent, John Bennets issues commands from the flying bridge of the Manin's wheelhouse...

looks like today;'s afternoon snacks are sorted......

the dredger's grab in action...

removing a mix of silt, stone and lost gear...

aboard...

it's a one-man operation from the grab cab...

no doubt someone will identify that missing shackle...

the Manin in action...

incomplete waterline paint job...

Twlight III heads back in again...

rolly break...

no chance of a break for Bruv with his taskmaster operating from the comfort of his portable shore throne.