Fisherman Mike Mahon forced to don Pirate's hat

A Tyne class lifeboat making for Newlyn passes between Gwennap Head and the Runnelstone buoy......
setting out from the UK's Westernmost fishing spot Penberth Cove an inflatable dinghy disturbs a flock of gulls....
news of Mike Mahon's 'crime against humanity' protest over the dumping of over-quota fish has attracted attention from afar, Mike is seen here with Phil Stebbings, journalist and director of the film "The Deadline" which exposes illegal fishing activities off the coast of Africa....
the Pirate's hat is worn because that is what he has been forced to become by the imposition of unworkable EU's fisheries regulations according to Mike...
an empty fish box is what he feels is the only kind of fish box Brussels wants him to put ashore....
Mike then takes the visitors off for a short trip around the harbour.