2020VISION documented the sustainable North Atlantic mackerel fisheries operating from the Shetland Islands and the hand-line mackerel fishing of Cornwall. Chris Gomersall braved stormy seas to follow the story from ocean to plate, showing how modern trawlers can operate in a sustainable way by minimising bycatch.
Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Crew member of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma' looking over the side of the vessel and checking the nets, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011 Model Release available
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Atlantic mackerel on processing line at the Shetland Catch fish factory, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pelagic trawler 'Adenia' leaving port, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Crew of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma' working the nets, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011 Model Release available
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) on the processing line at the Shetland Catch pelagic fish factory, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, October 2011
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Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fishing trawlers moored in Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall, England, UK, March 2011
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Mixed flock of Northern gannets (Sula bassana) and gulls (Larus) feeding in the wake of the pelagic trawler 'Charisma'. Shetland Isles. October 2011.
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Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman holding a Blonde ray (Raja brachyura), caught using tangle net aboard a fishing boat, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, June 2011
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Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Handline caught Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus), on a small fishing boat with fisherman holding the tiller behind, Cornwall, England, UK, April 2011
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Toby Roxburgh / 2020VISION / Fisherman holding a European lobster (Homarus gammarus) just pulled from a pot on his boat 'Rhiannon', at sea off Cornwall, England, UK, April 2011 Model released. 2020VISION Book Plate.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Fishing boat silhouetted at sunset, The Minch, a stretch of water between NW Highlands and the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, May 2010
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Scallop dredger Dawn Maid TN102 fishing near the Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011