Tide & market, Monday 2 November

Port Aldous, Monday 2 November, 06:00. The week's first board.

Tides at the town steps: high 04:12 (3.9 m), low 10:31 (0.8 m), high 16:38 (4.1 m), low 22:54 (0.6 m). Springs Thursday. Boats on the inner wall should slack their lines before the evening high.

Landings, Saturday and Sunday:

• Mary Ellen: 410 kg hake, 60 kg ling
• Kittiwake: 22 creels hauled, 140 kg brown crab, 31 lobster
• Sorrel B: 290 kg haddock, 85 kg whiting
• Tern: stayed in. The skipper cites the forecast. The crew cites the skipper.

Market, Friday auction, closed 07:40:

• Hake £4.10/kg, up 30p
• Haddock £3.85/kg
• Whiting £1.90/kg
• Brown crab £3.20/kg
• Lobster £21.00/kg, down £1.50. Two buyers gave the Desk two different reasons. Neither mentioned lobster.

Ice plant opens 05:30 weekdays. The fuel berth is back to full hours now the pump is fixed.

Correction: last Monday's board gave the Kittiwake 18 creels. She hauls 22. The Desk regrets the creels.