The Shauls

The Shauls
Through a focus on a family fishing in North Norfolk, this 12 minute ethnographic film highlights issues around recruitment into small-scale inshore fisheries in the UK. Skipper Keith Shaul and his grandsons Jimmy and Josh are crab and lobster fishermen working off the North Norfolk coast. Keith is determined to provide his grandsons with the skills to make a living independently as fishermen, whilst being acutely aware of the increasing challenges to small scale fishing families’ survival. Spending time with them at work and while they relax, we see and hear about the issues they face, and why so few young people today are considering fishing as a profession. As Jimmy makes his start as an independent fisherman, we see how essential the support from his grandfather is, highlighting the importance of family connections in fishing. New entrants outside the fishing community face greater challenges still in making a viable start as fishermen. Without external support for new entrants, particularly young people, the sustainable future of inshore fishing communities hangs in the balance.
Directed and Produced by Jaime Taylor, Postcode Films.
Producers: Carole White and Natalie Djohari, University of East Anglia
Project website - devresearch.uea.ac.uk/project...
Research Briefing 'Issues in recruiting new generations of fishers: A Future for Fishing?' - devresearch.uea.ac.uk/wp-cont...