Table of Contents

Foreword by Colin Warwick, MBE Introduction 1 Cornwall on the Move Verbatims: Andrew Pascoe, Handline Fishermen's Association, Rick Stein, Seafood Restaurant 2 'Little fishes they call pylchards' Verbatim: Nick Howell, The Pilchard Works 3 On Secret Service: Something Fishy Verbatim: John Moor, boat builder 4 From Bonanza to Brussels Verbatims: Paul Trebilcock, Cornish Fish Producers' Organisation, Steve Farrar, fish merchant 5 It's not Conservation, it's Political Madness Verbatims: Eddy Derriman, Chief Sea Fisheries Officer for Cornwall, David Whitehead, Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen 6 The Real Dilemma: Safeguarding the Future Verbatims: Elizabeth Stevenson, W. Stevenson & Sons, Rob Forster, Jon Ashworth and Oliver Wade, Fisheries Science Partnership 7 Fish Markets: The Twenty-first Century Verbatims: Robert George, Seafood Cornwall, Mark Greet, Fal Fish 8 More Than Just Fish and Chips Verbatims: Jackie Provost and Angela Harrison, Pengelly's fishmongers, Chris Bean, fisherman 9 Net Gains Verbatims: Colin Warwick, Duchy Fish Quota Company, Robin Turner, fish merchant 10 Enjoying the Harvest of the Seas Verbatim: Ian Murray, chef 11 Chefs and Recipes Toby Ashworth, Nick Barclay, Gerry Boriosi, Billy Bunn, Paul Drye, Gareth Eddy, Chris Eden, Gill Faiers, Neil Haydock, Stuart Hayler, Steven Hill, Peter Hingston, Greg Laskey, Ben Lightfoot, Ian Murray, Rick Stein, Richard Stevenson, Nigel Tabb, Nik Tinney, Ben Tunnicliffe Newlyn Fish Market, by James Crowden Bibliography Suppliers and Outlets Chefs Sponsors Acknowledgements

About the Author

Carol Trewin is Food Editor of the Western Morning News, was editor of Radio 4's Farming Today and has worked for BBC Radio 4's Food Programme, Woman's Hour and the BBC World Service. Other farming, food and environmental programmes that she has produced include On Your Farm, Costing the Earth, Walston Goes Walkabout, and Over the Counter. She was Farming Editor of the Western Morning News, and later joined the regional food group Taste of the West, to set up and run a GBP3 million food and drink project in Cornwall. She writes on farming, food and the countryside for many publications, including Food Illustrated, The Field, British Farmer and Grower, Inside Cornwall, food and Devon Today. In 1999 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies. Carol is author of Gourmet Cornwall (Alison Hodge, 2005). Adam Woolfitt has been a photographer most of his life, and contributed to the National Geographic and other leading magazines for 30 years. He writes on digital photography for the British Journal of Photography, Image Magazine, and Photo District News in New York. He was Chairman of, and on the Council of, the Association of Photographers, and is an Honorary Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photographers. Adam illustrated Gourmet Cornwall (Alison Hodge, 2005).

Reviews

'Cornish Fishing and Seafood is the key to eating more locally sourced fish. It tells the true story of the Cornish fishing industry, and why we must love and cherish it.' (Gordon Ramsay) 'Here's something to celebrate: a book about the fishing industry that's not full of tales of threatened stocks and livelihoods ... an uplifting study of a vibrant sector with a bright future.' (Coast, issue 14, September/October 2006) 'Through 256 full-colour pages of carefully researched documentary and glorious shots, they create a comprehensive and panoramic record of the Cornish fishing industry today ... '... the reader is the beneficiary of Ms Trewin's determination to record a faithful account of this most primal pursuit.' (Western Morning News, 12.09.06)'Carol Trewin has broadcast and written on farming, food and the countryside in a wide range of programmes and publications, but this must surely be the most comprehensive and pertinent publication she has yet produced.'She is to be congratulated on her extraordinary hunting and gathering efforts and for telling it like it is.' (The Cornishman, 28.09.06)'... Carol Trewin is someone who tackles the subject of food with a passion ...'... she understands her subject inside out ...'... Her words go hand in hand with the glorious photography of Adam Woolfitt ...' (Western Morning News, 30.09.06)'A comprehensive and balanced overview of the fishing industry in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly ...'The imaginative use of top quality action and atmospheric photographs taken at the cutting edge by Adam Woolfitt, further enhances the quality of what is both an extremely well presented and highly accurate book. ...'Immensely readable ...' (Fishing News, 03.11.06)'Carol Trewin is Cornwall's leading food writer. ... She is an evangelist, standing in the front-line of defending farming and fishing from the predations of bureaucrats and supermarkets. ...'... Cornish Fishing and Seafood is a tour-de-force. The history, technique and feelings of the Cornish fishing industry are laid bare.' (Cornish World, 2006)'Packed with dramatic testimony from Cornish fishing folk and merchants ... the book covers the history, the trials and tribulations and the future of the industry ... Thoroughly absorbing.' (The Eden Project, Friends Magazine, no. 24, Winter 2006)'deserves to be widely read. It makes an outstanding contribution to our understanding of an industry that is both warp and weft to Cornwall. Carol Trewin writes with authority, sensitivity and imagination about every aspect of Cornish Fishing and seafood' (Coast Project, Newsletter, Autumn 2006)'a perfect Christmas gift' (Cornwall Today December 2006)'a voyage of discovery that also includes history and politics' (Western Morning News 16.12.06)'... whether you are a cook, a fish connoisseur, a fisherman or someone interested in the sea and its sustainability, you will find something to interest you.' (Cornish Worldwide Winter 2006)