Take the bait

With hundreds of pots to put back in the water daily the Emma Louise needs every modification to speed the process and provide a safe working environment for her crew - here's the recently fitted innovative shooting 'chute' in the starboard sidedeck....
there's still solid bass fishing around the Runnelstone for the cove boats - when they can get there - Matt Rogers' aboard PZ 631, the Penver, picked away a good shot.....
with the start of a new week the sardine boats had free reign with no quota yet so FalFish are being kept busy picking up the nights work....
there were a few cuttles around for the beamer George Johannes....
while the Trevssa managed to land a solitary box of Dublin Bay prawns, on many boats I'm sure the guys aboard would have seen a prawn sandwich or two during the trip....
400Kg tubs of sardines fill the wagon.......
Sam from CEFAS continues the monitoring of crab growth off the Cornish coast, a sample of crabs, here from the Dom Bosco, are measured and weighed at regular intervals which will allow the number crunchers back at CEFAS to calculate annual growth patterns year on year.....
at the same time, frozen gurnards used to bait the pots go aboard the Dom Bosco.