Part of the sixth generation of a family of fishermen David Pascoe (right) has been fishing since the age of 15.

He started off with his father and uncle on a fishing boat called the Huers and bought his first small boat six years later working out of Newlyn and St Ives.

While fishing in Mounts bay David took note of the healthy sardines stocks. He went to Brittany, bought some second hand nets and got started.

Catching sardines proved successful; this enabled him to buy a ten metre boat" Little Pearl" originally built locally as a trawler which he modified with the purchase of ring nets.

David Pascoe has been fishing for Cornish sardines for the past eight seasons.

David is married to Sanchia and is the proud father of two little daughters, Sadie and Rosie.

He also acts as the second coxswain at the local Penlee lifeboat station.