2015 • 27' • French
Director(s): Hervé Corbière • Producer(s): Grand Angle Productions • Coproducer(s): France Télévision • Format(s): HD
They take us on their boats to describe the many methods of fishing practised in Polynesia: lagoon, which means in the lagoons or on the underwater shelf to a depth of 100 metres, with resources linked to the bottom (known as “benthic”), or deep-sea, that is, off shore, with pelagic resources (that operate in mid water). The latter accounts for 300 direct jobs on 60 vessels and an annual turnover of 1 to 2 billion for 6,000 of the 8,500 tonnes that are fished.
