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The Last Hunters

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Skippers have got to have the killer instinct. They're hunters and they've got to be absolutely ruthless to wrest a living from the sea. As for the crews, where else would you see people running to go to their work? Yes, fishermen are men apart, and as a race, there's no equal to them.
(WILUE MILNE. Scottish skipper)
Yet, caught in the constricting net of EEC agreements, quotas and 200-mile limits, not to mention the Cod Wars, this last great breed of hunters is. apparently, facing extinction.
Go to Scotland, though, and you'll still find millionaire fishermen relaxing on luxury ranches with five cars in the drive ...
Derek Robinson investigates the sorrows and the successes of British fishermen today.
Producer SIMON ELMES. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilue Milne.
Unknown:
Derek Robinson
Producer:
Simon Elmes.
Source: Radio Times

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