David Cameron and shadow fisheries minister, Bill Wiggins meet fishing industry representatives in Mission.

Here's one visitor to the port who knows her way in through the gaps, the ex-beamer, ex-midwater-trawler, ex-sterntrawler, ex-longliner ex-local, ex-Girl Pat III, now the GeorgeLou from Troonh is the biggest scalloper to arrive today....
and fresh off the back of a lorry, so-to-speak, several hundred pots, no doubt for the soon to be commissioned Rowse crabber, Emma Louise...
much smaller new arrivals from North of the border, mini scallopers against the quay....

and as is usual aboard a scalloper, the welding gear is in use, carefully being watched by two not-so-local crewmen......

seems the, 'mysterious lost Land off Land's End' is about to see some action - she has now moved across from the pontoons and the power block seems to be being put through its paces......

Mr Rowse dishing out the orders with regard to all those pots cluttering up the quay.....
Meanwhile, back at the Mission there seems to be a tremendous amount of interest from the press - slighty more than we would normally expect for a local fishing issue. However, this is the day that David Davies announced his resignation, so perhaps some members of the media will be more interested in what the visiting leader of the Tory Party has to say about losing Mr Davies, rather than their being concerned with the plight of a few fishermen and their chance to speak directly to the party that tied them up with the CFP in the first place.....
waiting patiently on the Mission steps, local councilor Malcolm Pilcher seems to be practicing his fiercest grimace while waiting for the main man to show......

as key industry representative and owner of the country's largest beam trawler fleet, Elizabeth Stevenson makes hger way determindley up the Mission steps before joining a dozen other local fishing industry represenatives......
Mr Leach, skipper/owner of the newly arrived inshore trawler Achieve seems to have a very stern countenance as he enters the Mission doorway!.....
and, of course, what ministerial meeting would be complete without the presence of the old sea-dog himself, UKIP member Grimmy Mike, suited and booted (in his own way) for the occasion......
after the meeting proper, one Kevin Bennetts gets his two-pennyworth in with shadow Tory fisheries minister, Bill Wiggins - as owner of Consol Oils there's no surprising what topic vexed our Kevin most - just read the entry for today on his website's blog!

New recruits now know your knots!

Time for starboard side to be painted on the George Johannes.....
seems there are some new recruits aboard the Ivan Ellen, literally 'learning the ropes', an old seafaring term, which is where many common sayings in the English language have originated from, indicating the importance of our maritime heritage and dependency on the sea as an island nation.......

something Tory leader, David Cameron may be minded of when he talks with local fishermen later today. As the party that negotiated the original terms of the CFP (Common Fisheries Policy) under the Heath Government years ago, the Tories have a legacy that is hard to live down, as many would say that the CFP and the ensuing nonsensical, unworkable and entirely in-effective quota system have beem major contributors to the plight that many fishermen find themselves in today - he may be in for a rough ride from his select audience!

Singing fisherman 'Twinkle' through to the next round of the X Factor!

Serenading the gulls on his boat, the Two Boys, Twinkle the singing fisherman looks forward to the next round of auditions for Simon Cowel's X Factor. The singing fisherman has so far impressed the X Factor's music people through four auditions with his moving rendition of Mario Lanza's 'Be my Love' and is all set for the next round on the 23rd June at Aston Villa. Self-taught singer, real name John Trenere, has spent a lifetime entertaining local fishermen during the small hours over the VHF radio while at sea yet has rarely sung in public when ashore. However, Twinkle has now shrugged off his fear of performing in public and has breezed through each audition - watch this space!
In the meantime, its back to reality and the mending needs to be doen before the night is out!........
Mounts Bay lugger, Happy Return heads out for an evening sail under a single lug. Anyone can get to sail the boat - head for the website for more information on sailing days and trips.....
even though she's laid up, the Anthony is being kept looking trim.....
any visitors to Newlyn should take time out to support the RNMDSF and visit the 'Fish and Ships' exhibition in the Misssion.....
where exhibits include photos and ephemera from the local fishing industry, a cinema showing archive 16mm film footage transferred to DVD of fishing....
and a fantastic collection of Mr George's model boats - not to be missed!
Aplogies - Blogger has problems with handling images again!

Harvey's fleet

A small leap for mankind from an ex-crabber turned scalloper...
bottom scrub time for the Ajax up on the slip between neap tides....

riding out of the port, the catamaran survey vessel from Aspect, Land and Hydrographic Surveyors.....
the Abbey Warehouse over in Penzance Dock will soon be sporting an interesting entrance it seems.....
boaund away on Sunday for the next neap, the Sowenna passes by the MCA's Anglian Princess at anchor off the Mount.....
both remaining boats in the Harvey's fleet are 'up on the hard'.....
hot work aboard the Intuition as another day's brown crab comes ashore to a waiting lorry despite all the problems with action by transport comapnies in Spain and France at present.....
up in the cab of the vivier lorry this driver is now sporting a model of a crabber - not one of Harvey's though!.....
the paint job on the Trelawney Fish beamer, Gorge Johannes is coming on nicely.....

yet another RNLI boat on passge for refit this time, this time the Humber lifeboat, Fraser Flyer is in port.