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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Karen McVeigh

BBC’s new Trawlermen series fails to address sustainability, says coalition

A flock of seagulls fly around a fishing trawler on the open sea
Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch launched on BBC One in October. Photograph: Frank Films/BBC

Shot in fishing vessels on the high seas, amid crashing waves that threaten to sweep all on deck overboard, the long-running BBC documentary programme Trawlermen offers viewers an insight into how a crew navigates one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

However, the new series, Trawlermen: Hunting the Catch, launched in October, fails to mention “even briefly” the environmental and climate crisis challenges or problems with bycatch faced by the fishing industry, according to the Our Seas coalition of 135 conservation and fishing organisations.

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