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Huge net of mackerel on a stern freezer trawler (30 tons)

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

c1970s

Devon Crabber - 'Happy Venture' Salcombe. Sold to Andrew Besley St Ives for -2500

Andrew Besley Collection

Devon

1975

Scottish Purse Seiner Convallapia V drawing her catch of mackerel

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

08-Nov-79

Purse Seiner net with 60 tons of mackerel in it.

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

08-Nov-79

A skipper in the wheelhouse of a modern Purse Seiner watches Echometer:centre: radar in roof and Decca navigator on his left. Course plotter on his right. (This shows him exactly the ground covered which can then be retraced.)

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

c1970s

Catch on stern trawler in the Carrick Roads. 30 tons of mackerel

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

c1970s

Boxing day. Pulled off & saved. Stern trawler 'Conqueror' on rocks at Mousehole Cornwall

Andrew Besley Collection

Penzance

26-Dec-78

Crayfish being landed

Andrew Besley Collection

St Ives

c1970s

Excavators dig out the stranded tug Fairplay X on Hayle Bar Cornwall.

Andrew Besley Collection

Hayle

1970

French 47 ft fishing boat illegally fishing inside 12 mile fishing limit in force 8/9 gale. Caught by an RAF Nimrod

Andrew Besley Collection

Land's End

1974

Wreck of Lady Katherine at Carn Dhu, Lamorna Cove Cornwall

Andrew Besley Collection

Lizard

c1970s

Two men died from fumes on 500 ton 'Gloriosa' in Penzance harbour. Hold covers left open to ventilate smoking cargo of steel swarf.

Andrew Besley Collection

Penzance

1977

Dutch freezer trawler off Cornwall

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

1978

Varberg - Norwegian Purse Seiner - 240 ft. Europes largest Purse Seine trawler. At anchor Falmouth

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

1977

Rumanian factory ship at anchor Falmouth

Andrew Besley Collection

Famouth

1977

Scottish Purse Seiner Silvery Sea in Falmouth. (full of mackerel)

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

1976

Mackerel being pumped into fish tanks on Purse Seiner.

Andrew Besley Collection

Newlyn

1978

A crew member watches for signs of fish as the huge Purse Seiner net is drawn towards the boat.... some fish can be seen bottom part of the net: these were too small to pump on board and let go (and would promptly die of shock).

Andrew Besley Collection

Mounts Bay

1979

Giants "Pipe" from Purse Seiner leads over side of vessel into the Purse at side of vessel which pumps the fish out and they pour down in hold - foreground.

Andrew Besley Collection

Mounts Bay

1978

Purse Seiner net full of fish is drawn to side of Purse Seiner ready for the fish to be pumped on board.

Andrew Besley Collection

Mounts Bay

1979

One of Scotland's biggest Purse Seiner's "Andra Tait." off Falmouth

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

c1970s

Fishermen & nets, St Ives Harbour, Cornwall

Andrew Besley Collection

St Ives

c1985

Supermarket fish counter selling shark.

Andrew Besley Collection

Falmouth

c1985

Newlyn fish harbour - New Quay - fishing boats and lorries to take catches to market.

Andrew Besley Collection

Newlyn

c1980s

Cornish Long Liners in the harbour at Newlyn

Andrew Besley Collection

Newlyn

c1980s

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