Boats and landings
Who caught the fish on the board, how, and when it landed.
This morning's landings
Two small boats and one potter land at the steps; the rest we buy at the Port Ellery auction. Every fish on the board is from one of these:
Kestrel
Handline and rod, one person
Sea bass, mackerel, pollack
Landed 05:40
Morwenna
Day-boat trawl, back by dawn
Plaice, lemon sole, hake, gurnard, bream
Landed 06:15
Little Auk
Crab and lobster pots
Brown crab, lobster, a few spider crabs
Landed 07:00
Port Ellery market
Morning auction, bought by us
Turbot, herring, sardines
Bought 05:00
Boats, times and catches (sample).
How we buy
Most of the fish comes from boats we can see from the counter. The rest we choose ourselves at the morning auction.
We know the boat
Every fish on the board has the boat or the market beside it, and the day it landed.
We buy what is landed
No standing orders. If the boats bring in gurnard and not cod, the board shows gurnard.
We sell it within two days
Anything left after the second day goes to the smoker or the fish pie mix, never back on the board.
Come down to the harbour
The counter is fullest before noon. Ring or send an order and we keep the fish on ice until you arrive.