Fishing and Survival: Making a living in a coastal town

Programme Outline

This programme is based in the fishing port of Brixham in Devon. It looks at the working lives of typical fishermen, the different methods they use, how the marketing of the catch is organised, and the effects of over-fishing. Fishing communities today must face the need to conserve dwindling fish stocks and the complexities of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Using this area as a case study the future of the fishing industry is also explored: Is the CFP working? How can the fish stocks be managed in a sustainable way?