B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2001.120.816

Identification

Item: Mullet seine at Sennen Cove, c.1950

Description: Looking from the cliff on a moonlit night with a high tide, the grey mullet show up as an orangy red glow on the sea. The fish would be caught at night because it is quiet. The boat would be ready on the shore. One rope was left with the beach party. The boat would be paddled quietly around the shoal and brought back to shore on the other side of the shoal. On that side, somebody, preferably a tall person, would wade into the water to collect the second rope. Then the boat would go out around the shoal, paying out the seine net around the fish. The net was weighted on the bottom to take the net down. The 'cod end' was the deepest part of the seine at about 8'. The men on the beach would hold the ropes to anchor them. Gradually the net would be drawn towards the shore. The object of the exercise was to let the receding tide do most of the work, leaving the fish high and dry on the beach. The catch would be shared out between the people working the seine.

Collection Name: Harry Penhaul Collection

Condition: Good

Description

Height: Mm

Width: Mm

Material: Paper

Production

Method: Printed

Date: 1950

Person: Penhaul, Harry

Category: Photography

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