tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274824932010-02-09T09:28:33.396ZFollow the ups and downs of Newlyn, England's largest fishing port, 80 species of premium line, trawl, net and pot caught fish and shellfish are landed daily. Top London chefs like Tom Aikens source MSC accredited Pollack, Bass, Sardines and Mackerel. Photography - digital images from stock or commissioned to order. Art students are encouraged to use the harbour as inspiration for their work as did the Newlyn School of Artists - info@newlynharbour.co.uk Laurence HartwellLaurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-79256232153394579162010-02-08T20:08:00.003Z2010-02-09T09:28:33.404Z

Negotiations are in the final stages to bring a round of the Powerboat P1 World Championships to Penzance over three days – Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd May 2010. This tremendous coup is thanks to the work of Penzance Town Councillor Mike Lovegrove who initially negotiated with the organisers of the races. Cllr Lovegrove gained the immediate support of Penzance Chamber of Commerce

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-29144994825715106252010-02-08T19:56:00.003Z2010-02-09T09:26:17.142Z

Applications are being sought from the Cornish fishing community to join the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCSAs), which are due to replace the existing Sea Fisheries Committees in April.As a result of the successful introduction of the Marine and Coastal Access Act, ten IFCAs are being established along the coast. They will have a wider remit to promote healthy seas, champion

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-2898368162117264042010-02-08T19:46:00.002Z2010-02-09T09:18:35.114Z

With the recent legislation that all fishing vessels over 15m record their tracks comes a huge amount of data can now be turned into a more readily appreciated visible format. This document from across the water in Ireland makes fascinating reading, especially the fishing effort maps that chart fishing effort species by species around the coast.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-36761893584456322902010-02-08T08:24:00.003Z2010-02-09T09:17:11.659Z

Hiden from view and well away from the water's edge, Champion's slip now ends on a tarmac road at the rear of Trelwaney Fish. Even today, many Newlyn residents have no knowledge of the early geography of this part of the inner harbour. The slip was named after the headmaster of the Weslyan School that opened to educate the children of Newlyn in 1873. Before the building that is now home to Cosalt

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-59278418719909924452010-02-08T07:52:00.002Z2010-02-08T19:53:48.297Z

Fish of the day on the western (netters) end of the market were a good run of pollack were evident from the likes of the CKS and inshore boat Girl Pamela to name but two..... down at the heavyweight beamer end, box after box of black gold .....greeted the buyers this morning..... while the box washer was made to work overtime..... with the rest of the 14 tons of cuttles filling the cold storage

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-51134674340639798852010-02-06T18:38:00.006Z2010-02-07T17:55:41.463Z

Newlyn artists are holding a sale of artwork for Haiti charities.....including Shelterbox.....some interesting clothes and accessories start the sale on the ground floor.....up the stairs a collection of media cuttings tell a graphic story......take a spin and make a wish......Cornish Sardines on sale.......the lorry car park alongside the iceworks captured on a busy day......possibly a tad hard

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-39221932786980491032010-02-06T18:37:00.003Z2010-02-08T11:04:25.711Z

Running repairs to a beam trawler's derrick on the quayside..... the hatch coaming and hatch badly damaged by the derrick head..... a piece of trans-Atlantic cable fetched up from the sea bed, any one of these bits might be from the first such cable to run from the link at Porthcurno...... with the netters restricted to fishing only over neap tides, a disaster for Alan aboard the Ajax as she

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-650220114218266902010-02-05T10:41:00.003Z2010-02-05T10:59:15.060Z

There are plenty of Land's Ends around the world, Finnisterre being one - the Danes have their own mobile version seen here discharging to a fishmeal plant.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-30765114268508510132010-02-05T09:01:00.004Z2010-02-08T10:53:00.722Z

Padstow registered netter Berlewen in town for a few days before she headed off to the the Southard.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-28709451707417232042010-02-04T12:05:00.004Z2010-02-04T13:37:12.349Z

The news that things are about to change for Newlyn was covered by the Cornishman this week, along with a write up of last week's visit by shadow minister Richard Benyon, MEP Julie Girling and St Ives parliamentary candidate Derek Thomas.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-18232050047038293532010-02-04T09:09:00.004Z2010-02-04T15:47:22.754Z

A great response from dozens of well known contemporary Newlyn Artists whom are donating art for a sale straight from the walls of Newlyn's Orion Gallery to raise money for the Haiti disaster via Shelter and Cornwall's own Shelterbox.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-50538954562756873732010-02-04T08:31:00.003Z2010-02-04T09:42:33.681Z

The ferry Oscar Wilde suffered a fire at sea off Falmouth late on Tuesday evening. As there were no passengers aboard the crew were able to cope with the fire with the help of local emergency services that included the SAR team from nearby Air Station, Culdrose.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-24025247016016530522010-02-04T08:28:00.005Z2010-02-04T09:54:45.073Z

Local wrap man Edwin binds the mornings monk mountain with clingfilm...... in Stevenson's cold store there is a seemingly endless supply of cuttles to deal with..... as blackened boxes fill the quay again.....evidence of the 'black-hand' gang abound..... it took a fair weight to do this amount of damage to the hatch cover and coaming...... PH7 in to land today......in Dock for the first time

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-60628261459947212632010-02-03T16:40:00.002Z2010-02-03T16:44:56.659Z

The ex-side trawler Hatherleigh, an infrequent Newlyn visitor, has found new owners and a new home in Scarborough. She is now skippered by Terry Bunker, a familiar face in the South West having fished from Plymouth for many years.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-26295274831409356232010-02-02T17:39:00.003Z2010-02-02T18:09:06.238Z

With decisions on the future of the harbour almost at a standstill while the present commissioners are unable to progress the adoption of the Harbour Revision Order - good news at last!In what may well be looked back on in years to come as a pivotal moment in Newlyn's history, local Lib Dem MP Andrew George has received an assurance from Paul Clark MP, Transport Minister from the Department of

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-33754895829983344852010-02-02T11:54:00.005Z2010-02-02T12:09:27.641Z

Just like any other port there are always a few dodgy characters lurking about, so it pays to be vigilant when the villains strike more than once! In recent weeks a number of local boats have been targeted on several occasions by thieves - relieving the vessels of electronics, tools and other small items of kit. The installation of video surveillance in the form of a cheap web cam could help

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-90344534336909202402010-02-01T11:45:00.003Z2010-02-01T12:00:59.855Z

The huge Dutch freezer trawler Annelies Anika spotted on the AIS as she passes down the Longships lighthouse on her way to Beverwijk, Holland. She is the world's biggest factory ship. She was of course built originally as SO914, the Atlantic Dawn for Kevin McHugh to replace the Veronica. Although based at Killybegs she was built to fish anywhere in the world.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-18060913123870220102010-02-01T06:41:00.005Z2010-02-01T12:19:45.513Z

The Liberian registered tanker Nevaska Lady rides at anchor in Mount's Bay...... full moon over Newlyn on the biggest tide of the year...... and it's cold,crisp and clear...... astern of the Little Waters in still waters......tons of black cuttles leave their mark in the auction hall....... as they are sorted into harbour boxes...... even at this time of year the beamers can pick up the odd bag

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-40548875711514412302010-01-30T18:24:00.005Z2010-02-01T12:47:09.384Z

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

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-84366264454757517582010-01-29T07:40:00.002Z2010-01-30T07:51:40.178Z

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

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-10583801178420103872010-01-28T13:26:00.003Z2010-01-28T14:01:45.902Z

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

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-92119453490054993012010-01-28T09:38:00.005Z2010-01-28T14:01:02.235Z

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.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-26042690069074482092010-01-28T08:13:00.006Z2010-01-28T17:12:28.545Z

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

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-89880641518819187932010-01-27T16:14:00.003Z2010-01-28T08:13:32.516Z

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.

Laurence Hartwellnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27482493.post-3135019511958199222010-01-26T12:35:00.002Z2010-01-26T12:41:39.946Z

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.

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