0:00:08 > 0:00:12It's the busiest waterway in the world.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16Come on, skipper! Get a move on. That way.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18A gateway to our nation.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Over 90% of the world's trade travels by sea.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24It's not just TVs and refrigerators. It's everything around us.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Protected by a multi-agency task force,
0:00:27 > 0:00:30it's a unique stretch of water.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This is warship Tyne, warship Tyne. Channel one-two, over.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- INAUDIBLE - ..Over.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38It's very difficult to police the Channel.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41To board every vessel's an impossible task.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46It's a place where swimmers and Sunday sailors
0:00:46 > 0:00:48fight for space with cruise liners...
0:00:50 > 0:00:52..and cargo ships.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55It's like trying to get across the M25 during rush hour.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58For some, the English Channel is their place of work.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02If my mum came out here and saw what I was doing up here,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- she'd tell me to get off straightaway. - HE LAUGHS
0:01:06 > 0:01:08For others, it's a playground.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09Whoo-hoo!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- RADIO:- This is the rescue helicopter...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But for those who venture onto its unpredictable waters...
0:01:16 > 0:01:19We're just going to assist the moving of the casualty now.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- All controlled, over, lifeboat. - ..it can mean life or death.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Just drag him onto the boat!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I hope my babies get to see this, and see what Daddy does for a living.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32HE LAUGHS
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Today on Channel Patrol,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48line fishermen battle rocky seas to get their catch...
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I know three boats that have sunk out here,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53bass fishing, that have all either hit things in the water,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55or taken too much sea.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57And that's it, they're in the water.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01..border force sniff for contraband...
0:02:01 > 0:02:03There could be a package in there.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07It only takes one package, you know, it's £1 million worth of drugs.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Fast forward, thank you.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12..and a crew of merchant seamen get pumping.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Our hose is six to eight inches diameter.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Your average car, we would fill it up with 50 litres
0:02:17 > 0:02:18in one fifth of a second.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23HORN
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Over the centuries, the 29,000 square miles of the English Channel
0:02:36 > 0:02:42have provided an abundance of fish such as cod, haddock and skate.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49But in recent decades, their numbers have plummeted,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53in part due to industrial scale fishing methods.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57The UK and France currently land about 150,000 tonnes of sea bed fish
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and shellfish a year,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03compared to 51,000 tonnes in 1950.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15In Weymouth, Dorset, skipper Ian Taylor
0:03:15 > 0:03:17is passionate about using traditional fishing methods
0:03:17 > 0:03:19to catch sea bass.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- All right?- Yep, we're good. - Let's go.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28All the fish we catch are caught by fishing rods,
0:03:28 > 0:03:33so it's a real sustainable, eco-friendly method of fishing.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36We don't do any damage to the sea bed and we don't have anything
0:03:36 > 0:03:39we catch that's undersize or the wrong species.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42It's a real, simple way of fishing.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45It's hard work. It's labour-intensive.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Ian and his anglers can make a decent living,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53but it's a volatile and unpredictable line of work.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56So far we've done two days and we haven't made a penny yet.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02So the time is starting to get precious. So the pressure's on.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Intense rivalry between local fishermen only adds
0:04:06 > 0:04:07to the stress of the job.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12There's an awful lot of competition in bass fishing.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15We put the time and effort in looking for the fish,
0:04:15 > 0:04:18so as soon as we find the fish, we don't want every Tom, Dick and Harry
0:04:18 > 0:04:21turning up and stealing it from us.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24And it can make the difference in catching 200kg one day,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26to catching 20kg the next.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29We're talking thousands of pounds.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33We talk to people we trust. We lie and cheat to everybody else.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36And that's the rules.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Hole and line fishing catches naturally schooling fish,
0:04:39 > 0:04:42which can be attracted to the surface using bait.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45So the first step is for Ian to head two miles out to sea
0:04:45 > 0:04:47to catch sand eels.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Basically, the sand eels live on the Shambles Bank.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It's really important to be able to be on the Shambles Bank ready
0:04:55 > 0:04:59for catching bait at 11 o'clock, because the tide runs one way,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03it runs up the English Channel, and then at a certain time of day
0:05:03 > 0:05:05it will stop, and that's called slack water.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08And they only come up out of the sand to feed
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and do what they do on slack water.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13So what we do is, we tow a little trawl behind the boat
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and hopefully catch the sand eels, which we need for bait.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Basically I'm going to sit here now, see how the boat drifts, and then
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I'll make the call when I think it's the right time to shoot the net.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34And hopefully I'll be right.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38That's us, and then these marks along here is where I've actually
0:05:38 > 0:05:42marked the tow line where we're actually going to tow for the eels.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50The wind alone will push you along nearly a knot,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53so that means there isn't much tide running.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58We could probably shoot away and tow. Right.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- I'm going to go for it, lads. Get yourselves ready.- Right.- Sorted.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Going out!
0:06:04 > 0:06:06The net they use is lightweight
0:06:06 > 0:06:09and causes minimal disturbance to the sea bed.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22With the net released, Ian now has to carefully move the boat off.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33If you go too fast, your net will pick up too far off the bottom
0:06:33 > 0:06:34and you won't catch anything.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37If you go too slow, it will jam in the bottom and then
0:06:37 > 0:06:40you're in a world of pain because you've got to try to get the trawl
0:06:40 > 0:06:41out of the bottom.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46With the crew already down on wages, this could be devastating.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49The trawl costs about £1,500 for the trawl set-up,
0:06:49 > 0:06:51so you don't really want to lose it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- Shall we go?- Go.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57After trawling for 20 minutes, the net has picked up shingle
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and could get stuck on the sea bed.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Sometimes it digs in, and then you've got to be quick,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06otherwise you pull the whole lot in and you get a massive ball
0:07:06 > 0:07:09of shingle and it costs a lot of money, and a lot of time and effort.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12And you don't get no bait. It can be an endgame.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14THEY HEAVE
0:07:17 > 0:07:18- Got it?- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20One, two, three, go.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25They've got to pull up the net without tearing it,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27and without losing any bait they might have caught.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- It's all right, mate.- All right? - Their luck is in.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39We've got here all blacks and needles, but we've got some.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- Has it all come out straight? - Yeah, it's fine, mate.- Well done.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Yeah, get a half or something.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Haven't done too bad, have you? - A lot of needles.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- A lot of needles.- A few longs.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54We've got enough for today, yeah?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57We've definitely got enough for today. A few nice greenies in there.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- There's quite a lot here, actually. - Yeah, that's right. Yeah.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03We've done all right. That's what we're after.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06That's a lovely green sand eel. That's like curry to a bass.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13So what we do now is basically sort out the decent eels
0:08:13 > 0:08:17amongst all the needles, what we call needles, which are baby sand eels,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20which we throw back and hopefully will survive.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22If you take all that out,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24then you're not going to have anything to catch next year.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28This is basically what allows us to have a proper bass fishing industry,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31the amount of sand eels that are here.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34So this lot are no good to us, so we put them all back.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36And they'll carry on to be big sand eels next year.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Well done.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Having caught the bait,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50the crew can now head further out to sea to begin fishing.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57On a normal day we'd like to clear 100kg of fish.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02We get an average price of £10 a kilo, so that's about £1,000.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05But obviously we've got fuel to come out of that,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08we've got wages to come out of that, wear and tear.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12I mean, this is a £200,000 boat, so you've got big overheads to cover.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14If you don't catch fish, you don't earn any money.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16That's the way it is.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Hopefully, the bass will be here this afternoon.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24There you go.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Go on, then.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Today I just hope we just start to catch a few fish,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34just to know that they are starting to feed around the area.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Fingers crossed.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Really I should have a rod in my hand as well,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40but I won't bother till they start catching.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48It's not long before a sea bass takes the bait.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Whoo-hoo!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Dave's got a fish. Go on, David!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Unlike large-scale fishing methods, line fishing enables the crew
0:09:58 > 0:10:01to specifically target small amounts of fish.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Now they know the fish are biting,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Ian wants to reposition the boat and drift over the area on the tide
0:10:11 > 0:10:14so they can maximise their chances of a good catch.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Basically there's a hump here, and the fish are on top of the bank.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21So we drift the boat over the top of the hump,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23and that's where we're catching them.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27So the secret is to keep the drifts as short as possible.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33So it's all about having a fast boat, a fast team, and being quick, really.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Most of my team are getting too old, so they're not that fast any more.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Got to get some newer ones next year.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I got my rod back, yee-hah!
0:10:45 > 0:10:48It's probably been ruined, cos Bazz has been touching it.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Argh!
0:10:52 > 0:10:54That's the bottom.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58The crew needs to catch 20kg each a day to make a decent wage.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Really, after the last couple of days, anything would be nice.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Just to know it's going to start fishing would be nice.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11It's always a struggle to pay your rent, feed your family.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13But that's what we choose to do, I suppose,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and that's part of the parcel of fishing.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19The swell has picked up, making for a rocky ride.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25It's pretty dangerous when it gets rough.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27You need to be aware of what everybody's doing, really,
0:11:27 > 0:11:28to be safe.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32I know three boats that have sunk out here, bass fishing,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35that have all either hit things in the water,
0:11:35 > 0:11:37or taken too much sea, had a wave over the boat...
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Like that one! HE LAUGHS
0:11:39 > 0:11:42And that's it, they're in the water. Luckily, all the three boats I know,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44there were other boats around them fishing,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and they actually rescued the people.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49I think one of the times they actually stepped off
0:11:49 > 0:11:50as the boat was sinking.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53But it can be a very dangerous place to be.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Due to overfishing in the Channel, hitting the 20kg mark has become
0:11:57 > 0:12:01more difficult for Ian and his crew with every passing year.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05There's a fish now. It's a small one.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Come on, Jeff, get it in. - We've got it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Even when a bass is caught, it still has to meet certain criteria.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13It's a small fish, this could be close to the legal size.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17We've got to keep up with regulations,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19and check legal sized fish...
0:12:22 > 0:12:24..with a measuring unit.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Basically from the tip of the nose,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31as long as the tail is overhanging the back of the measure,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33then it's a legal fish.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38The catch just scrapes in above the 36cm minimum.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It's probably earned me about £1.50.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48But after nearly an hour on the sandbank, with only two bites,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Ian has to think tactically.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53It's not really fishing here very well,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56so you've got to make a decision whether you stay here and see
0:12:56 > 0:13:00if it gets any better, or you go and try somewhere completely different.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02If you go somewhere completely different that's no good,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04then you've had it. That's you done.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07There's a massive gamble for the next three hours,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10trying to find whatever we can find, or cut our losses,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14steam 10 miles to a new mark, and see if that fishes.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17But the trouble is, where we're going to go, if we go down there,
0:13:17 > 0:13:18if there isn't fish there,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21then we might as well just turn round and go home.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28We're going to move to a different position, different place.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29This is dreadful.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Disaster day.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Weather's rubbish, the fishing's rubbish.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38It's all rubbish.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43Ian now has a 45-minute journey before he finds out
0:13:43 > 0:13:45if his gamble has paid off.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52In the UK, we are dependent
0:13:52 > 0:13:55on maritime trade for the country's prosperity.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Over 90% of the world's trade travels by sea.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Each year, £524 billion worth of goods come in to us
0:14:05 > 0:14:09through our ports, including half of all our food.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12The breakfast you had this morning probably came by sea.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14If it was a banana on toast, for example,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17that banana's come in on a ship from the Caribbean.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Probably the cutlery and the plates,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23and even the table you're sat at, has arrived by sea. So shipping is huge.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27It's not just TVs and refrigerators, it's everything around us.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32With such a huge flow of massive container ships
0:14:32 > 0:14:36and boats coming in from all over the world, it is inevitable
0:14:36 > 0:14:40that contraband, including counterfeit goods and illegal drugs
0:14:40 > 0:14:44will be hidden and buried in amongst legitimate imports.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Something the UK Border Force are vigilant to.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55In 2011, the team in Southampton seized the largest ever haul
0:14:55 > 0:14:57of Class A drugs
0:14:57 > 0:15:00when they discovered 1.2 tonnes of smuggled cocaine
0:15:00 > 0:15:05with a street value of up to £100 million.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12We get roughly 1.5 million containers arriving in this port
0:15:12 > 0:15:13every year.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16That equates to roughly about 39 million tonnes.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Sean Gigg is one of 20 officers trying to intercept the flow
0:15:25 > 0:15:27of illicit cargo into Southampton,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31home to the UK's second-largest container terminal.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40We find various illegal goods that come into the UK.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42That can be counterfeit goods, it's drugs,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45but also excise goods such as alcohol
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and tobacco products as well.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Detecting these illegal goods is a massive ongoing operation
0:15:51 > 0:15:52for the Border Force.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55We have a number of staff in, who we'll be deploying now
0:15:55 > 0:15:58to look at the container ship which has just arrived,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01look at the containers inside to make sure
0:16:01 > 0:16:04there's nothing illegal inside those containers.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09They use intelligence to make targeted searches,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11but they also pull shipments off at random.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16We're looking for a wide range of illegal commodities,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20that's anything from Class A drugs, Class B drugs and Class C drugs,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23all the way from counterfeit goods, but also foodstuffs as well.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25So we're going to have a closer inspection of that.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28It says on the manifest it's rice products,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30but we want to have a good look inside to make sure that
0:16:30 > 0:16:33it IS rice products, and nothing else that shouldn't be in there.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39With such a large volume of cargo coming into Southampton, the search
0:16:39 > 0:16:42for contraband can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48A container's been selected for us to have a good examination,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53because of the sheer size, and we don't know the goods inside.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56What we're going to use is our X-ray vehicle here, and that will
0:16:56 > 0:16:59give us the capability to look inside that, in the container.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03It operates pretty much similar to an airport scanner
0:17:03 > 0:17:05when they select baggages, and that goes through that.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07But on a larger scale.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09The scanner will go up and down the container, then give us
0:17:09 > 0:17:12an image representation of what's inside.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16There may be an area of concern, and that's the bit we need to look at.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20So an item where it's fairly dense, like rice,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22there could be a package in there.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It only takes one package, you know, it's £1 million worth of drugs,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28concealed in a 40ft container.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Every major port such as here, Portsmouth and Felixstowe,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and also Dover, will have something this big.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36We can't scan every single container,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38it's impossible for us to do that task.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41When you've got a container ship with 3,000 containers,
0:17:41 > 0:17:42it's impossible.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45So having something like this is a very valuable tool.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47So it makes our job a little bit easier
0:17:47 > 0:17:51when trying to combat smugglers, but also the general criminals as well,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55trying to bring their stuff in illegally into the UK.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00The X-ray on the container's contents gives a conclusive result.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The image has come out all clear, and our officers are happy
0:18:04 > 0:18:07that there's nothing in there that should be of interest to us.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10So what's going to happen now, that container will go back
0:18:10 > 0:18:13in its stack and wait to be collected by the company.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Another invaluable member of the Border Force patrol team
0:18:18 > 0:18:22here at Southampton is four-year-old Eli.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28We get the dogs involved if maybe an area which requires
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- closer inspection...- Good boy.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32We'll call our dog team in,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35and we'll take a closer inspection inside,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38with the dog unit, whose nose is always far better than ours.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41This is Eli, the dog, and this is Mark, the handler.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Our dog is a spaniel. A very good dog.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47He's multi-trained in all types of illegal commodities.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Anything from drugs to cash.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53And so, yep, he's our primary dog to use now inside this container.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59We've tunnelled out a little hole here, which will allow our dogs
0:18:59 > 0:19:03to go inside and have a sniff right through the container itself.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06There's two different types of products here, long grain rice
0:19:06 > 0:19:07and some brown rice.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11But as you can see, the depth of it makes it very, very hard
0:19:11 > 0:19:13for our officers to have a good look inside,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and it's too time intensive to take off every single box.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19The dog is absolutely fantastic here.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Up!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Eli performs over 20 searches a week.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Last year in Southampton a dog found £26,000 hidden
0:19:37 > 0:19:39in the back-seat of a car.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42As well as using detector dogs,
0:19:42 > 0:19:47the force often use old-fashioned manpower to search boxes at random.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51So, what we've got in here is branded products,
0:19:51 > 0:19:56available, say, in branded stores and shops at the moment,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00so we have these items here, all available in the UK.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02But, as I say, these are counterfeit.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07Here are some Diesel products, again very popular.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09All counterfeit, all made in the Far East.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12So these will be sold on street markets,
0:20:12 > 0:20:16and also possibly car-boot sales. The quality is going to be poor.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19It's not going to be tested, you know.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23So the printer's ink may come off. It could be toxic, we don't know.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26And we just have to take this stuff off, cos the protection is
0:20:26 > 0:20:30not only for the public, but it's also for the companies themselves.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34So we're coming up to September, and these are FIFA World Cup tops.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37So they've completely missed the boat on that one.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Pretty pointless now.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40But we also look for food products as well, banned,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43coming into the UK from outside the EU.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Any foodstuffs that contain egg or meat-based products.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51All the way here from the Far East, pork steaks, so they're pork ribs.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Milk-based products as well,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55so this will be, like, chocolate powder and milk powder.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58None of this will have gone through the Food Standards Agency at all.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01A lot of people bring this in in commercial quantity,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04or it could be people bringing stuff in just for that taste of home.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07This will be up for destruction, simple as.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Because we don't know the quality,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11we don't know the effects it could have.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It's just one of those products that's been banned.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17So we need to just basically get rid of it.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Come on, then. Good lad.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Eli has sniffed around and hasn't found anything suspicious
0:21:31 > 0:21:33in this container.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38It's all legitimate rice products, but you never know.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40If you don't look, you don't find.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44But there's no rest for Eli, Sean and the rest of the force.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48Smugglers operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So do we.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00The super ships that stream up and down the English Channel
0:22:00 > 0:22:04become larger, faster and more numerous year on year.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- RADIO:- ...103, good morning to you both.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Freighters and cruise liners can carry up to 14,000 containers,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16or over 4,200 people.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21These vast vessels need an extraordinary amount of fuel
0:22:21 > 0:22:24to carry them on their global journeys.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Their gargantuan engines are as heavy as a small ship.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32So filling them up isn't a one-man job.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Dedicated crews on board titanic oil tankers are the ship's
0:22:38 > 0:22:40petrol pump attendants.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45INAUDIBLE COMMAND
0:22:45 > 0:22:47INAUDIBLE RADIO COMMAND
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Captain John Pryor is master of the Whitonia tanker.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00It's 7:25 in the morning.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Just coming into refuel the Emerald Princess.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09What are we, 1,200 tonnes for this, Jack, is it?
0:23:09 > 0:23:141,200 tonnes, which is a typical amount for these guys.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It's probably going to last them a couple of weeks.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19It's a regular customer of ours.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24Refuelling a ship is not like pulling up at the petrol pump.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Advanced planning is required.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Agents working on behalf of the cruise liner
0:23:29 > 0:23:32have booked in their refuel with the company's office.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Captain John's job is to get to the ship on time
0:23:36 > 0:23:39and deliver the oil as quickly and safely as he can.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42The ship itself is worth about £6 million,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45and the cargo's around about £4 million, so there is
0:23:45 > 0:23:50£10 million of ship and cargo manoeuvring alongside another vessel.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53And of course the vessel you're going alongside, if it's a cruise liner,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57it may be worth £400 million or £500 million.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00So you need to be in a position where you can see everything
0:24:00 > 0:24:03and be in complete control, which is why we go to the bridge wing,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07where we get a better view of what's happening on the outside.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13We're just coming alongside the Emerald Princess now.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Yeah, this is the bit that does all the damage if it goes wrong.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Where's his door on this one, then, Alec?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26OVER RADIO:
0:24:26 > 0:24:30What you're trying to avoid is metal-to-metal contact with anything.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Cos that could cause a spark.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- Eight metres eight. RADIO:- Six metres six.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Six. I'll slow it down.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Three...- Three...
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- Two metres two.- Two.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50A metre.
0:24:50 > 0:24:51One metre.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55In position. Thank you.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59We carry 6,200 tonnes. We've got about...
0:25:02 > 0:25:04..1,500 tonnes on board at the moment.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06So we're nearly empty, to be honest.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Probably one more day and we'll be loading again.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Fast forward, thank you.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Before refuelling can begin, there is a formality to address.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Each time we moor up alongside,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24there's a conversation between the engineer and the mate on here,
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and they agree a contract of how fast he wants it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33And typically it's about 400 or 500 tonnes an hour.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's a safety thing. You might have limited amount of staff
0:25:36 > 0:25:40to watch his tanks coming up, or the vents on his tanks
0:25:40 > 0:25:42may be restricted to a certain amount of flow.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46So we agree a pumping rate,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50and then we don't go over the rate that he specifies.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54The contract is passed over to the cruise liner for the chief engineer
0:25:54 > 0:25:56to review and sign.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00The Emerald Princess has a busy schedule to keep to, with new
0:26:00 > 0:26:04passengers and fresh supplies coming on board for the onward journey.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08So refuelling is a time-critical operation.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11We'll connect up a large hose,
0:26:11 > 0:26:14very much like you put petrol in a car.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Instead of being a one-inch bore hose,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18our hose is six to eight inches diameter.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Your average car,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23we would fill it up with 50 litres in one fifth of a second.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24So it's pretty fast.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28The crew can't start to deliver the fuel
0:26:28 > 0:26:33until the contract is signed, so all John and his team can do is wait.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37So this is the azimuth room, down here...stroke gym.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44That's what I say to the cadets, this is the emergency propulsion!
0:26:45 > 0:26:48The crew spends 28 days living on the tanker,
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- and is then released for 28 days' leave.- That's the galley.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56This is Janusz, our Polish chef for the day.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58What are you making, Jan?
0:26:58 > 0:26:59China...
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Chinese? Very nice.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04This is the crew mess.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12This is where we all eat our dinners, lunches etc.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15And this is a clean mess that we use,
0:27:15 > 0:27:16just a games station
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and a TV there for people to relax of an evening.
0:27:22 > 0:27:2620 minutes after coming alongside, the crew is ready to pump,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30but hasn't been given the go-ahead from the Emerald Princess.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Captain John and his crew could be delayed
0:27:32 > 0:27:35reaching their other customers.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38To be able to fill up as many ships as she does,
0:27:38 > 0:27:43the Whitonia can carry over 6,000 tonnes of flammable material,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46so the boat has to be prepared for the worst.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48The fire triangle has three sides.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50You've got to have heat, you've got to have fuel,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53and you've got to have air, or oxygen.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55So if you eliminate any one of them,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58wherever you are, you can't have a fire.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02So obviously on deck we've always got some fuel,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and you've always got oxygen as well.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08So you have to eliminate the heat.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11So you don't want anything that's going to create a spark,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14like a mobile phone or whatever, or someone smoking.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16So that's taken out of the scenario.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Firefighting room.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27There's a tank here that holds concentrated foam.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30If you have a fire on deck, you can pump water through there,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33and this little pump injects foam into the line,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36which expands at 3,000 to 1.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39And you can cover the deck in 18 inches of foam,
0:28:39 > 0:28:41which should eliminate your fire.
0:28:44 > 0:28:49After 40 minutes, the contract is finally signed, sealed
0:28:49 > 0:28:50and passed back to the tanker.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Pumping can now begin.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02She's got the flow now.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07In the first couple of minutes,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10we need to give them a very slow rate
0:29:10 > 0:29:13and they have to establish everything's OK on their tanks,
0:29:13 > 0:29:17their line, everything is open, no-one forgot to close any valves.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19And everything is OK.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Yeah, go ahead.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- RADIO:- If you can increase the pressure on the black hole
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- up to maximum, please. - Yeah, break it up now.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31The pressures are carefully monitored as the fuel is
0:29:31 > 0:29:33pumped over.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38Yeah, it's important to keep a very close eye on the discharge.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41That's when the accidents can happen.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- RADIO:- ...Where he is is fine there, mate,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46we've got the pressure we want.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49As well as the safety concerns,
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Captain John now has delays to contend with.
0:29:53 > 0:29:5540 minutes later than I thought we were going to be.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59Which is having a knock-on effect on the day.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Everything's gone back nearly an hour.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04You can't pump faster because we're behind time,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06and we end up with a longer day.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14The refuelling goes without a hitch, and after two-and-a-half hours
0:30:14 > 0:30:18the Emerald Princess is fully topped up and ready to go.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Everybody ready to go now, please.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Go, all right.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27The chief signs a receipt.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31He may ask if he gets any free glasses or tokens with his fuel,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34but unfortunately we're not like petrol stations. We can't do that.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38We'll transfer that and move on to the next job.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Just finished on the Emerald Princess. Paperwork completed.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43And we're just away now.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Having lost time on the cruise liner,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53they need to get to their next two jobs as quickly as possible.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Luckily for the crew of the Whitonia
0:30:57 > 0:30:59the next on the list is just around the corner.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Change of orders.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Instead of going to Portsmouth this afternoon,
0:31:03 > 0:31:06now we've got another job in the Empress Dock.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10To help this giant ship negotiate around the different berths
0:31:10 > 0:31:12of the container terminal,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Captain John has all the latest technology at his fingertips.
0:31:16 > 0:31:22The ship is geared up for lots of tricky manoeuvring like that.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27You've got twin azimuth units here, they go around 360 degrees,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29and there's two of them on the after end.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33As many times as you like, they're all hydraulically controlled.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I can link everything through into a joystick,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38and if I want to go diagonally I go like this.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43I can alter the heading by rotating like that. BEEPING
0:31:45 > 0:31:48It's probably easier than parking a car, to be honest.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- Watching the stern, Lofty? RADIO:- All right, mate.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02OK, we're just coming up towards the auto bay on 105 berth.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06So what I'm going to do is lose some speed, and then swing to port.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09To get alongside the next ship safely,
0:32:09 > 0:32:14John is going to have to reverse past this 100-metre-long vessel.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18If you have any failures, there's plenty of room out there,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20so I've got time to recover, I've got time to drop my anchor
0:32:20 > 0:32:23if I was to lose the engines or anything like that.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Not that that ever has happened.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29But you have to think, "What's the worst thing that can happen?"
0:32:37 > 0:32:40So I'm now at a point where I can't really see what's going on
0:32:40 > 0:32:41from in here.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45So I'm going to transfer out to the bridge wing...
0:32:47 > 0:32:49..where I get a better view.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57The awkward thing on this boat is we have to come in, and the stern does
0:32:57 > 0:32:59have to get quite close in there,
0:32:59 > 0:33:02and there's no fender in between us.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05So it's critical that we're not going to fast when we get there.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09Metal-to-metal again, possible damage, possible spark.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10All to be avoided.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17'When the ship's light, we haven't got much cargo in it.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20INAUDIBLE RADIO COMMAND It's a lot more responsive.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23You have to be quite gentle with the amount of engine power you use.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25- RADIO:- One metre one.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28But with 30 years' experience at sea,
0:33:28 > 0:33:32Captain John makes the mother of all reverse parks look easy.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35So we've lined up now, then we can shut down the engines
0:33:35 > 0:33:36and start bunkering.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53That was the Emerald Princess just sailing from the ocean dock.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Our first job this morning.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57She sailed on time at 16:30.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02She's burning, we calculated,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06one gallon every 20 metres.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08So she's probably burnt about a gallon in the amount of time
0:34:08 > 0:34:10it's took me to say that.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16The amount of fuel the large ships use is staggering.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19But the shipping industry is currently transitioning from thick,
0:34:19 > 0:34:24tar-like fuel oil to a cleaner liquid gas oil, similar to diesel.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29The Emerald Princess is currently making the switch.
0:34:29 > 0:34:3610% of its 1,120 tonnes of fuel today is the cleaner alternative.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40News legislation coming in next year will prohibit ships powered only
0:34:40 > 0:34:44with heavy oil from sailing in Europe's North and Baltic Seas.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52The rest of the shift goes smoothly.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- RADIO:- You might have to move her up a bit, mate.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03But Captain John and his crew's day isn't over
0:35:03 > 0:35:05until they've topped up their empty tanks.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10An even bigger tanker has been dispatched from the UK's
0:35:10 > 0:35:14largest refinery at Fawley, several miles along the shore.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18We're waiting now for the Whitchallenger to turn up,
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and then she will load us with some gas oil.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24And that will be the last job of the night.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25And it'll be time for bed.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Out on the Channel, a growing band of eco-minded fishermen
0:35:37 > 0:35:42are leading the way in alternative techniques for sourcing seafood.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Through traditional methods
0:35:44 > 0:35:47that make it easier to target a particular catch,
0:35:47 > 0:35:51they hope to prevent the fish supper becoming a thing of the past.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Right, thanks, we'll fish somewhere else.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Skipper Ian Taylor and his four-strong crew
0:36:00 > 0:36:04are line fishing for sea bass off the coast of Weymouth.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07The last two days have seen them come home empty-handed,
0:36:07 > 0:36:11and this morning's location also wasn't delivering.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Where we've been fishing is no good.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15We've given it a real good go,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18and by now, really, we should be catching fish.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19We should be catching quite well.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22OK, what helps is how passionate we are for our jobs.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26We absolutely love it, no matter wind, rain or shine,
0:36:26 > 0:36:30we're just happy to be out most of the time. Provided there's fish.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34They are heading to another fishing spot 12 miles away
0:36:34 > 0:36:36in the hope of a better catch.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40It's going to cost me probably about £30, £40 worth
0:36:40 > 0:36:43of fuel to get there, and then the same to get back again.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45It's my job to put the boat on the fish.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48It's their job to catch them, it's my job to find them.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55We could catch £1,000 worth of fish down there. We could catch nothing.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58And one thing we've always done in the past is we've always taken
0:36:58 > 0:37:01the big gambles, and it's always paid off.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11Right, let's get on it.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17It's time to find out if Ian's gamble has paid off.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22Right, boys, here we go. Last chance. It's now or never.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Fish on. Ooh, that's a better one.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34A lot of fish on over there by the looks of things.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Wahey!
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Cheeky kilo.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42A kilo of sea bass fetches £10 on average,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46so on a good week an angler can earn £1,000.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51To keep track of how much they've caught,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53each fisherman has his own colour tags.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- Wahey!- Yes.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Thank you.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Lovely.- We should start getting a few now.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20They're not a great size, but...
0:38:21 > 0:38:23..beggars can't be choosers.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29That's the best fishing we've had all afternoon,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31so I'm hoping there's a few here now.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34So we might get an hour's decent fishing.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- You all right? That's it now, we're on it.- Going off!- Yeah.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41We get a few more of these, that'd be good.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Skipper Ian gets his first catch of the day.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48What have you got there?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- I've got a bass!- Lucky boy!
0:38:51 > 0:38:54If the boss is catching, it means we can't be doing very well.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Dave is doing all right, isn't he?- Yeah, mate, yeah.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- Where am I going, in the bin?- Yeah.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01It's good to catch a fish for a change!
0:39:01 > 0:39:03HE LAUGHS
0:39:03 > 0:39:05I've got to go and catch another one.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Caught a couple of fish, they're all getting excited now.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Ohhh!
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Where did you find that one, David?
0:39:17 > 0:39:21- Where did you find that, Dave? - Bottle of wine!
0:39:21 > 0:39:23As soon as a few fish come over the side,
0:39:23 > 0:39:25the smiles appear on people's faces.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Everyone starts to earn a little bit.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30But the reality is, the crew's catch has to pay
0:39:30 > 0:39:32for the boat's fuel first.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33- Oh, Bazza! - HE LAUGHS
0:39:33 > 0:39:36No! Don't chuck it back!
0:39:36 > 0:39:39So every catch counts.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43He tried to swing the fish, and as he swung it, it hit the rail,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46and it's come off, and he's lost it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49It happens. You'll never land every fish you catch.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52So that fish was worth about £20.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54So we've just thrown a £20 note over the side.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56So, it's not my day at the moment.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00But it's not an actually a great day full stop...
0:40:03 > 0:40:06OK. Get a few of those.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22As the day wears on, the crew assesses the catch.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Looking at that there, there's 30kg.
0:40:25 > 0:40:27We want a lot more than that.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29But because we've got so little amount, I know there's
0:40:29 > 0:40:32a couple of local restaurants and places that buy fish off me.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I'll just put it straight into them tonight when we come in.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37We haven't got enough to start worrying about putting them
0:40:37 > 0:40:39into markets.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42After six hours out on the Channel,
0:40:42 > 0:40:45they've finally covered the cost of the boat's fuel.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50And what little is left earns each fisherman £20 to £30.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54I've still got to play the lads their percentage of those fish.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58So even though we haven't made any money, they'll still get their bit,
0:40:58 > 0:40:59their percentage of it.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- I'm so rich, it doesn't matter, does it, boys?- No...
0:41:03 > 0:41:06This, for us, is still a bad day.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Our weekly wage isn't going to be that good.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10But it's something, you know?
0:41:10 > 0:41:13It's better than sitting at home, I think.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16You can't go, "This has been awful, I'm going to quit,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18"I'm going to go and get a job in an office,"
0:41:18 > 0:41:21because you're not going to get it every day where it's really good.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24On a really good day, you don't even notice
0:41:24 > 0:41:27the time going by because it's just so manic.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- What do you reckon, go home? Everybody had enough?- Yeah, I reckon.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Time to go home then, guys.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Yeah, yeah. - THEY LAUGH
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I've caught one fish all afternoon!
0:41:38 > 0:41:39HE LAUGHS
0:41:40 > 0:41:41But I expect we're the top.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44From what I've been hearing, we are the top boat in Weymouth today.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Whoo-hoo!- Whoo-hoo!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54The future of line fishing, really, I think it's on the up.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Because it's what people want.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58The general public, the customers,
0:41:58 > 0:42:02they want the fish to be sustainably caught,
0:42:02 > 0:42:09and everybody's promoting sustainable fish, and the fish,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11as it is, is a healthy food,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13so there's a bright future for fishing.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Tomorrow will hopefully be a better day.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Today was, for want of a better word, rubbish.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33Right, then.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- End of a rubbish day.- Yeah.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Go back tomorrow and try all over again.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Tomorrow is a different day, isn't it? You never know.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Hopefully we'll make some money tomorrow.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Ian and his crew hope that better days lie ahead for them.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Sustainable fishing is gaining popularity with consumers,
0:42:57 > 0:43:00a method that could help to maintain the Channel
0:43:00 > 0:43:04as a rich source of food for generations to come.