Fish and the Seine Net (clip)

Frogman, Lt. Cmdr. Hodges prepares to take underwater footage of the seine net in action (for research by the Aberdeen Marine Laboratory). There is foggy, underwater footage of the net at work. We see the movement of the net. A couple of flatfish are disturbed and herded along by the net. As the two sides of the net come together, they disturb the fish. Some are caught, and others are guided along towards the centre of the net. When the net is nearly closed we see the heavily loaded cod end, full with caught fish. Some of the small fish escape, but the larger ones are trapped. We return to the surface and see the boat come into the harbour. Men unload the catch in wooden crates from the boat. Some of the fish are laid out and the catch is recorded in a notebook. The boat heads out once more.