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Cornwall - This Fishing Life - Series 2
Episode 3 - Padstow
- Broadcast
- 2021 (59 mins)
Padstow is well known for its tourist industry, but there’s another lucrative industry here that few visitors are aware of. Each year, Padstow’s fishermen land hundreds of tonnes of brown crab. But the...
Cornwall - This Fishing Life - Series 2
Episode 4 - Hayle
- Broadcast
- 2021 (59 mins)
The rich fishing grounds of St Ives Bay have supported the fishermen of two ports for generations: Hayle in the east and St Ives to the west. At the heart of Hayle is the harbour, established by the...
Cornwall - This Fishing Life - Series 2
Episode 5 - Cadgwith
- Broadcast
- 2021 (59 mins)
Cadgwith Cove is Cornwall’s last traditional full-time fishing cove. As boats got bigger, fish stocks declined, and young men left, many of Cornwall’s other coves faded away. But Cadgwith has held...
Cornwall - This Fishing Life - Series 2
Episode 6 - Newlyn
- Broadcast
- 2021 (59 mins)
With over 100 boats in the harbour, Newlyn is Cornwall’s biggest fishing port. For generations young men from here have followed in their fathers’footsteps and put to sea. But today there aren’t many...
Cornwall: This Fishing Life
Mevagissy
- Broadcast
- 2020 (58 mins)
Whilst other fishing communities are feeling the pinch, Mevagissey on Cornwall’s south coast bucks the trend, with 74 working boats in the harbour. Protected from the prevailing winds, with fish stocks...
Cornwall: This Fishing Life
Sardines
- Broadcast
- 2020 (58 mins)
For centuries pilchards were a staple of the Cornish fishing industry. They would be caught using drift nets by the tens-of-thousands, then packed in salt and sent to Italy. But demand waned and the drift...
Cornwall: This Fishing Life
The Fal
- Broadcast
- 2020 (58 mins)
As change comes to a quiet corner of Cornwall, can brother and sister Jason and Nicky adapt to survive? In the creeks and rivers of the Fal estuary on Cornwall’s south coast, an ancient way of life clings...
Cornwall: This Fishing Life
Inshore
- Broadcast
- 2020 (58 mins)
The smallest boats in the Cornish fleet take to the seas. Often worked singlehandedly, these boats can still be found fishing all over Cornwall, working out of the biggest ports as well as the most...
Cornwall: This Fishing Life
Offshore
- Broadcast
- 2020 (59 mins)
As autumn arrives on Cornwall’s south coast, the biggest boats in the fleet fish through turbulent times offshore. This is a job of high risk and high rewards, but with Brexit looming, what does the future...
Cornwall: This Fishing Life
Newlyn
- Broadcast
- 2020 (59 mins)
Newlyn is Cornwall’s biggest fishing port; the harbour is home to over a hundred boats, and for generations fishermen from here have sold fish in the town’s busy market. Not much has changed around here...