Sailaway.

All that remains of the Christmas lights is the scaffolding......
bound away for her home port under power, the Pacific Swift happy to be away from the attentions of the Border Agency who spent five days searching her from stem to stern while she was in Newlyn......
also bound away in the early morning sunshine, the Filadelfia.......
those big beamer men like their big bikes......
they go with the big gear, a day's work ahead......
empty bait bins for the crab fleet.......
FalFish's sign writer has been busy again.

Door to door with cuttlefish.

A good trip of mixed fish from the CKS alongside the Gary M almost filled the western end of the market......
while there were around twelve tons of sepia to sort through at the other end......
just the beginnings of the morning's cuttlefish trade.....
all sorted by hand.....
into the gray harbour boxes that are used especially for the cuttles - this is where sepia ink was, and still is, in some parts made from......
a few big turbot jumped aboard the St Georges......
while Edwin, chief buyer from Ocean Fish, surveys his 'monk tail mountain'

SeaSide Voices - Newlyn remembered - starts this Saturday.

The 'NAG's or, NEWLYN Archive Group is hosting an open day of memorabilia, photographs, films and activities about Newlyn on Saturday at the Centre , Chywoone Hill.

There will be photographic displays and activities on topics such as Newlyn Schools between 1920 and 1950, Newlyn at War, Fishwives of Newlyn, Models of the Newlyn School, and Newlyn Family Photographs.

There is also a film about Newlyn people today, videos, slide shows and some original paintings of Newlyn people that will be showing during the day.

Newlyn is one seaside town, along with Bridlington, Morecombe and Shanklin to take part in a national project called Seaside Voices. Through the Gaps has contacted the Seaside Voices site for more information on how people can get in touch.

Not likely to end up in a Michelein starred restaurant.

Another deepwater fish has made the news, this time the uniquely ugly blobfish has been used to highlight the call to protect the deepwater areas from which these fish are trawled.

The netter Sowenna landed this example from the ugly group of fishes in the shape of a velvet bellied shark in 1992.

Still in the black.

An auction of black gold begins with Ocean Fish looking favourite to take the entire catch.....
Padstow based Charisma'ssecond landing of the tide......
where will these bass end up? - maybe on the Isle of Wight as did the schooly bass from Monday's market.....
a good start to the year's fundraising for the harbour lights courtesy of Debbie and the other stalwart Light's supporters at the Star Inn......
Boys from the Blackstuff - those old enough to remember the TV drama of the same name that captured the Thatcher era of the early 1980s with devastating accuracy may recall that the most memorable character Yosser played by Bernard Hill, captured and embodied the mood of a depressed Britain to such an extent that the viewing figures for episode 4, Yosser's Story fell by a third, as many were so concerned that he would harm or even kill his children - a TV drama unequalled for its intensity......
running repairs on the timber baulk fenders.

Them there Danes are about

There is a steady stream of Danish and other big pelagic vessels to-ing and fro-ing off Land's End and the Lizard at the moment as they steam between their home ports and the fish off the West coast of Ireland. One of three passing earlier today was HG62, the Benhuir, tracked on the Through the Gaps AIS page heading west.

Public meeting in the Mission.

There will be a Public meeting this Thursday in the Mission at Newlyn and a chance to talk to representatives from the Ministry - your opportunity to sound out government policy with a looming election this year.

Rows of cod roes.

Man on a mission, Mission man Keith Dixon takes his early morning constitutional through the market before heading down the quays to see what's what.......
Robin Turner takes avoiding action as a pallet truck moves through crowded fish boxes during an auction.....
it's that time of year when roes from big fish are worth landing.....
a few boxes of schooly bass, perfect for the restaurant trade....
big cod, a sight to warm the hearts of the net boats and the Crystal Sea......
unusually, plenty of tope......
with the weather conditions creating cloud over the land the sunrises can be dramatic at this time of year.....
a splash of red passes......
over in the Star another intrigue develops.