Episode Number: 404
For generations, the West family and thousands of other fishermen in the Scottish Fleet have trawled for cod in the North Sea. But as commercial over fishing has decimated the white fish population off the coast of Scotland,
their livelihood is on the verge of collapse. The Wests' home town of Fraserburgh is caught between European Union laws designed to preserve fish
stocks and ration out the catch among member nations, and the need to earn a living in the most fishing-dependent town in Britain. Wives in the community, calling themselves the "Cod Crusaders", besiege EU committee hearings in a last ditch effort to save the industry. The British quota under the EU's fisheries policy dictates that Sandy West must decommission the family boat, the Steadfast. Joining him on an emotional final voyage to the breaker's yard, Wide Angle connects economic and trade policies and environmental realities with the poignant story of a year in the life of one hard-hit fishing community.
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