Synopsis: Footage of a Shetland trawler fishing for squid of Rockall, an islet in the North Atlantic, between 11 to 19 August 1986. Boat is the Vega (formerly known as the Arctic Riever, renamed and registered in Lerwick in 1986). Skipper is Russell Smith, video was filmed by Charlie Simpson for the Shetland Islands Council R&D department.
Filmed and donated by Charlie Simpson.
This film offers a great insight into work onboard a fishing trawler in the 1980s. Not work for the faint hearted!
| 00:00:00 | First trip of the Vega to Rockall. |
|---|---|
| 00:02:46 | Net being hauled in. |
| 00:20:24 | Haddocks and whitings being fed into tank. |
| 00:22:00 | Net being hauled in. |
| 00:22:45 | Russell Smith at controls. |
| 00:37:30 | Flock of seabirds next to boat. |
| 00:38:15 | Long shots of fishing boat and Rockall. |
| 00:44:10 | Irish fishing trawler. |
| 00:50:15 | Long shots of Rockall. |
| 00:59:15 | Machinery onboard. |
| 01:02:00 | Passing fishing boat. |
| 01:03:00 | Birds on deck - Red Shanks. |
| 01:04:12 | Passing fishing boat. |
| 01:04:40 | More shots onboard - Red Shanks, Rockall, men working with nets. |
| 01:25:50 | Pile of squid onboard. |
| 01:30:25 | Men on deck in rough sees. |
| 01:32:00 | Net being hauled in. |
| 01:42:18 | Rockall. |
| 01:42:45 | Fishing boats. |
| 01:49:25 | The Grampian City - one of the last stern trawlers in Aberdeen. |
| 01:52:00 | The Isadale - the very last Aberdeen side trawler.\ |
| 01:55:00 | Men working on deck in rough seas. |
| 02:07:45 | Fish being processed below deck and packed into boxes. |
