Hand. Line. Cod.

Set in the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland’s rugged Fogo Island, this short film follows a group of “people of the fish”-traditional fishers who catch cod live by hand, one at a time, by hook and line. Filmmaker Justin Simms takes viewers deep inside the world of these brave fishermen. Travel with them from the early morning hours, spend time on the ocean, and witness the intricacies of a 500-year-old tradition that’s making a comeback.
Directed by Justin Simms - 2016 | 13 min
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[@osmia]

It would be nice to see something written up about the film in the description box

[@leoppardo_]

This was such a great mini documentary, I loved the audio, very detailed and interesting. The shots of the island were great, I'd really love to go there someday. This was super interesting and very pleasing to watch

[@Quahogstacker]

Awesome video. My grandmother was from St. John’s never been up there, but would love to go thanks gentlemen.

[@sumatai1]

Yes B’y!!

[@Quahogstacker]

I’m a commercial fisherman from Northeast America, to get the good price these days it’s all about the quality and those big boats just can’t keep up with quality it’s all about quantity. Which is definitely an inferior product.

[@aaroncabral]

Cod dammit

[@bluethunder1951]

Now with the moratorium being partially lifted the cod stocks they will be overfished by the greedy trawlers and the small boats will suffer from less fish in the bays.

[@helpfulcommenter]

But please don’t post them all at once! Don’t they know you can schedule your uploads to post throughout the day spaced out? They clog the feed but I don’t wanna unsubscribe. It’s just so unprofessional