In Nova Scotia, aboard a trawler, MCS of a cook in his galley. Various shots including CUs of several men eating. Shots of a man wearing oilskins shovelling fish in the "fish room". Shots of a man talking on a radiophone; plotting the course of the ship on a map. Two shots of a young man inside the engine room. Over the side shot of net floats. CUs of men hauling in nets. Shots of men working at a windlass. Shots of a full net being raised over the side, MCUs of a man opening the bottom to allow the fish to cascade over the deck. Various CUs of men, hands gutting fish. MSs, CUs of men repairing a net. Sequence in a wheelhouse, the captain at the wheel, first mate at the wheel while the captain stands by. Brief CU of a radar screen. HAS of the trawler as seen from the wheelhouse, a multitude of seabirds hovering beyond.