Fresh Fishing News From Newlyn, Cornwall.

EU rules to end fish discards could penalise smaller fleets in Cornwall, it has been claimed. Laws to end the throwing of unwanted fish overboard were agreed this year after a campaign led by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The University of East Anglia said smaller fishing vessels were "at risk of having their fishing curtailed". Cornish fish producers said the policy had not been thought through. Policy supporters said it would end waste.

Mevagissey trawler skipper David Warwick spent the day tweeting from his boat Valhalla - the event was covered by the media including these three clips from BBC Radio Cornwall's breakfast show with James Churchfield, BBC Radio 5 Live's lunchtime EU Business show and Simon Mayo's DriveTime on BBC Radio 2. Part of National Fishing Week.

Tom Heap meets the activists hoping to bring an end to illegal fishing by tackling the problem head on: by getting in the way of pirate fishermen. The Black Fish is a relatively new NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) who aim to stop the fishing of juvenile Bluefin Tuna in the Mediterranean and prevent to use of illegal drift nets - by cutting them. Presenter: Tom Heap Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts.

Cash and industry pressure forces the government to reduce the number of MCZs from 130 to 30 or even fewer - good news for the fishing industry!

Campaigners for the families of five French trawlermen killed when their fishing vessel sank off Cornwall nine years ago have called for a parliamentary debate over the sinking. After the Bugaled Breizh sank off the Lizard on 15 January 2004, families of the victims claimed a Royal Navy submarine was responsible.

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Simon and the team are joined by resident GastroGnome, Nigel Barden, who'll be cooking up a storm in the studio - hake from the Govenek of Ladram, skipper Phil Mitchell.

A treaty trying to reduce the number of deaths in the commercial fishing industry comes into force today, however Britain have not signed it.

The MMO are currently set to introduce "e-notices" or electronic notification of changes to licence variations in England. The letter below was part of the consultation process carried out earlier this year in a bid to cut the amount of irrelevant paperwork generated and sent to fishermen around the English coast.

Keith Dixon, mission superintendent at the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen Newlyn performs a blessing of the Emma Louise, the new crabber for Rowse Fishing.

In episode 3 of the Fishermen's Apprentice, Monty Hall finds that Cornish fishermen are selling themselves short - why spend money and effort not to mention the carbon footprint in exporting succulent spider crab to France - because people don't know how good it is here - a blind tasting in Cadgwith has three times as many people saying they preferred spider crab to edible crab - a cultural change in eating is needed to win the day for the spider!

http://blog.through-the-gaps.co.uk/2011/06/penzance-pirates-smash-world-record.html Penzance promenade sees well over 8,ooo pirates assembled to smash the world record for a gathering of pirates - ooooooooh arrrrrrrggggghhhh me 'arties!!!

Robin Turner auctioning fish on Newlyn fish Market.