Fogo Project - Jim Decker Builds a Longliner

Jim Decker describes how, with the help of friends, he was able to build a longliner, overcoming problems of financing, lack of tools, and lack of government support; the launch of the new longliner, with a speech by Dan Roberts and MHA Eric Jones; some discussion of the fishery, especially the prob...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Extension Service (Producer), National Film Board of Canada (Producer)
Other Authors: Decker, Jim (Interviewee), Memorial University of Newfoundland. Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL)
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:English
Published: National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with Memorial University of Newfoundland 1967
Subjects:
Government aid
Subsidies
Bycatches (Fisheries)
Boatbuilding > Newfoundland and Labrador > Fogo Island
Fishery discards
Longliners
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/extension/id/3849
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Summary:Jim Decker describes how, with the help of friends, he was able to build a longliner, overcoming problems of financing, lack of tools, and lack of government support; the launch of the new longliner, with a speech by Dan Roberts and MHA Eric Jones; some discussion of the fishery, especially the problem of bycatches of unharvestable species, and of the possible decline of the cod population. Static on the audio; Transcription by Susan Newhook

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