A friendly wager on a family fishing trip to Emerald Isle years ago resulted in one boy’s dream come true. That boy, all grown up, turned his dream come true into a career.

In the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland's rugged Fogo Island, "people of the fish"—traditiona...

Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship b...
This is the planet we still know so little. We call it Earth but less than 1/3 is land, over 2/3 is ...

This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB ...

The Southern Sea Otter was historically abundant along the California coastline until intense huntin...

Sea otters are once again in peril after being brought back from the brink of extinction. An unprece...

Examines the violence and civil disobedience leading up to the hallmark decision in U.S. v. Washingt...

Fifteen years ago 1830s muskrat trapper Dannie Mcnoun, loves Mary and sends his best friend, Jimmy, ...

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transat...

Work. Eat. Sleep. And back to work. For a long time skippers in the North East of Scotland could not...

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...

The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending muc...
An instructional film profiling the dragnet fishing technique as practiced by Danish sailors.

In a small French village, everything would be quiet if the local wildlife cop was not being ridicul...

The Land of Little Rivers, a network of tributaries in the Catskill Mountains of New York, is the bi...
Through economic necessity, an Aran Islander is forced to travel to England to work on building site...

To save their cash-strapped orphanage, a guardian and his kids partner with a washed-up boat captain...
The job of a deep-sea fisherman is still extremely dangerous today. Waves, storms, physical work and...