Trawler Fishermen

On the Grand Banks of Newfoundland this film shows the new machinery and electronic gear employed on modern fishing boats. The trawler shown is the open-stern type, which allows full nets to be dragged easily from the sea and then lifted to spill the silvery catch into the cleaning troughs.
Directed by Martin Defalco - 1966 | 22 min
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[@josephmckenzie8953]

I remember as a greenhorn drag fisherman, I was cutting away to much salvageable web on a large flap tear, and one of the old hands asked if he could see my knife, and when I handed it to him, he threw it overboard.

[@wolfofrhodeislandx7462]

Lol green guys that cant mend are supposed to hold twine only not cut😂😂it was his fault for letting you cut at a flap

[@tallus76]

Pretty sure this is the vessel (Cape Nova) my grand father Austin Haughn was severely injured on and died days later in hospital. Was crushed by one of the large metal doors on deck. That was November 1966.

[@ericksonjustinAK]

It’s not a job. It’s an identity. And it’s not an industry. It’s a culture.

[@rustyshakleford6553]

According to the wife the father in law did a few trips as engineer on the Cape Nova.

[@justanotherdinosaur]

This is very helpful and informative

[@trackhoe23]

I wonder if the Cape Nova is still fishing.

[@thatonetrainguyfrom2576]

Unfortunately she’s scrapped

[@wolfofrhodeislandx7462]

6 on 6 off?!?!? Those days are way gone.more like 21hrs on 3hrs off

[@tiernan7829]

not every grand banks dragger was doing 6 on 6 off thats for sure

[@Mike-tu7uw]

Wonder what year this was?

[@thatonetrainguyfrom2576]

1966

[@karem777]

Whos dong this for IB Business exam?

[@mbsjanetelizabeth]

Please will you credit the singers for me? Who are they?

[@marinoraven9598]

the stormy clovers, according to the credit list at the end

[@tuvia4082]

whole lotta smoking going on

[@caseydixon8714]

Arrrrrh

[@TheFaster65]

Them Trawlers scoop the fish up pretty quick , and you had every country in the world 365 days a year that plunder it and wipeout the fishery , destructive way of fishing . what did ya think ? it would last forever !lololo

[@amandanacco772]

Rff

[@amandanacco772]

Tgg