Steve Moseley and his crew aboard the Newlyn-based Billy Rowney were awarded the coveted Seafood Cornwall vessel quality of the year award.

The award recognises boats which have consistently landed top-quality fish through improved gutting, washing and icing of the catch while at sea and on the market.

In its assessment, Seafood Cornwall said the Billy Rowney achieved the highest average score of all samples carried out in 2007.

Mr Moseley said he was delighted, adding: "We take great pride in landing consistently high quality fish. It's good to get some extra recognition for all our work."

The crew of the ship are already minor celebrities in the port after last year featuring in The World's Toughest Tribes series on Discovery Channel.

Nathan de Rozarieux, project director of the Objective One-funded Seafood Cornwall programme, said the crew deserved their success.

"This is a real good news story, this whole scheme has been about recognising those skippers and crews that go the extra mile, often in very tough conditions, to make sure that the fish being landed in Cornwall really stands out as top quality," he said.

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