Looking for seafood in Stanley

Stanley Harbour is home to a busy fishing fleet. We saw shark boats, squidders, scallopers, trawlers and crayboats. We couldn't believe our luck that the Tassie cray fleet are still out of the water, hence our good fortune to be able to tie up alongside Monica III (a cray boat) and ride the tides with her. Her skipper Matt, aka 'Mad Dog', keeps the neatest looking boat we've ever seen and was most informative about cray fishing in general and life as a fisherman.

Of course humans aren't the only ones looking to be fed from the local waters.

A small cafe at the edge of the Harbour has an associated seal sightseeing cruise.

The former Sydney tug-boat, the cafe and even the owner's dodge pick-up are all painted in a distinctive yellow, blue and red.

The Bloke with the Stanley Seal Cruises mascot.

The local Fairy Penguin population don't need any help to find fish.

The local fur seals are not the penguin-gobbling New Zealand fur seal variety,

but an Australian native species, which is a lucky thing for the penguins.

This scalloper arrived back overnight and moored behind us; it's refrigeration humming.

Crates of scallops were weighed as they were loaded into a refrigerated truck.

The numbers shouted out were... 40, 39, 43.... the men looked very tired after 40 hours on the job.

If going out on the water to find fish isn't your cup of tea.... you can visit the Seaquarium.

There is a fleet of red painted Hursey boats in the harbour and this large family have a vertical market going from fleet to plate..... just like the sign says.

Even if the roof top sign was a worry, Friday night fish and chips from the Hersey's Fish and Chip shop were outstanding!

Our rods remain in their racks.