Life aboard a French stern trawler working in the Western Approaches - a boat typical of the fleet that fishes all around the coast of Cornwall. Trawlers fish 24/7, many of the French boats only tow for 2.5 hours, hauling and shooting the trawl up to nine times a day.
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