Life on the Docks: Fishing |
The job of deep-sea fishing is the most dangerous peacetime occupation. According to the industry's trade body, Seafish, there are 126 deaths per 100,000 fishermen each year; "many times higher" than any other sector of UK industry. The high risk of death and long months spent away created a unique way of life in the local fishing community. Men on shore leave were called "three-day millionaires", spending their pay in pubs and clubs before the next trip out to the North Sea fishing grounds.
Courtesy off BBC North.