Arrangements have been put in hand for vessels that would normally sell their fish on the Plymouth auction to sell their catches at Brixham and Newlyn. The Plymouth auction closed on Friday, 17 May after Plymouth Trawler Agents ceased trading.…
“I grew up in Wantage, Oxfordshire,” industry consultant, artist, photographer and blogger Laurence Hartwell told Fishing News. “Then, at the age of seven, I became a ‘ten pound Pom’. Laurence and his family stayed in Australia for only a couple…
Share a day in the life of an up and coming young Newlyn skipper With a family heavily involved in Newlyn’s fishing industry, it might have been expected for Tom Lambourn, skipper and owner of My Lass PZ 291, to…
Back in 2018, few would have believed that it would be the last time a fish festival filled the quays in Newlyn, reports Laurence Hartwell. Previous Newlyn Fish Festivals have drawn thousands of visitors to the town. The following year,…
Rachael Harper talks to artist Henrietta Graham about her time on the Karen of Ladram, which inspired her to paint a public installation for Newlyn Harbour “The thing is, my studio is bang splat in the middle of Newlyn fishmarket!”…
Skipper John Walsh and his experienced crew have quickly settled into their well-established pattern of working hake and trammel nets over runs of neap tides, before taking a few days in harbour when stronger spring tides are running, report Quentin…
Boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Crystal Sea SS 118 LOA: 24.5m Built: Macduff Shipyards Ltd, Macduff, 2020 Type: Twin-rig trawler Home port: Newlyn Got some pictures of your own to share? It can be an image…
Aucxis reports that its KOSMOS digital auction systems are bedding in well for the auctions in Shetland and Newlyn. KOSMOS is a platform in the cloud that allows easy real-time purchase and sale to the highest bidder on a lot…
– Brexit talks on knife-edge – Ireland welcomes EU TAC ‘rollover’ to March 2021 – High Court challenge over trawling rights – NUTFA: ‘No foreign vessels inside 12 miles, deal or no deal’ – MMO support for end of…
The Cornish hake netter Ajax is back at work following an extensive refit to repair near-disastrous fire damage, reports Phil Lockley Swift work by local firefighters, fishermen and harbour staff prevented a fire aboard the Newlyn netter Ajax resulting in…
