Two staff members from Cape Cornwall School have joined colleagues from all over the county for a fishy experience at Newlyn.Briony Bates, a teacher, and Cheryl Chamberlain, a food technician at the St Just school, were among staff from several Cornish secondaries who took part in the Net to Plate Day.

During a tour of Newlyn fish market the visitors met the people who catch, sell, supply, process and cook fish, in an attempt to provide them with a better understanding of the fishing industry to take back to their classrooms.

After touring the market the teachers took breakfast at the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.

Then it was their turn to be the pupils during a lesson on "a life at sea" from Andy Wheeler of the Cornish Fish Producers Organisation.

The group was also shown around W Harvey and Sons' shellfish tanks and treated to a fish filleting demonstration at Trelawney Fish before receiving a cookery masterclass at the Smugglers restaurant.

The day was organised by Seafood Cornwall, Cornwall Fisheries Resource Centre and the Cornwall Education Business Partnership in partnership with local fishermen, fish producers and restaurateurs.

Nathan de Rozarieux, project director for Seafood Cornwall and the Fisheries Resource Centre, explained: "The aim of the day is to provide teachers with an in-depth understanding of the industry to take back into the classroom, which will support their teaching in subjects like food technology and careers.

"They will also be able to bring pupils here in the future.

"The fishing industry is very much alive and an important part of the Cornish economy, and we want to promote all aspects of this to young people."

WESTERN MORNING NEWS 

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