Product Details

• Actors: Narrated by Dana Eldridge
• Directors: Christopher Seufert
• Format: Color, Director's Cut, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: June 17, 1999
• Run Time: 38 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0967794749
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #597,176 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Part 3 of the award-winning Fishtown Educational Video Series.

Also See Lobstering on the Benjo, Part 1 Longlining on the Bad Dog, Part 2

Product Description

The use of weirs- long wooden poles stuck in the ocean floor- to catch fish dates back thousands of years, even before the advent of fish hooks. Due to the increasing movement of weir fishermen over to more efficient fishing technology, the art of this most ancient and conservation-oriented fishery is disappearing rapidly throughout the world.

Follow these few remaining weir fishermen through four months of setting and fishing their traps for squid and mackerel. Though the Cape Cod coast has traditionally been host to hundreds of weir companies, that number has today dwindled to just three, all of them working the waters of Nantucket Sound. Extensive underwater footage takes you into a previously unseen world where fish of all kinds are netted in their seasonal migrations.

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Adventure!, February 26, 2001

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Kent (Kennebunkport, ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weir Fishing on Nantucket Sound [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Watching this was like being there- you know on a small fishing boat with a storm brewing.

I'm a fisherman myself so I really appreciated the underwater footage, seeing things I've never been able to see topside. My grandfather was a weir fishermen, a type of fishing that is quickly disappearing from the coasts of the world, but really one of the most environmentally sound ways to catch fish in the wild, without resorting to aquaculture.

Anyway I do think that fishermen and scientists both could get a lot from this, and even if you're just plain interested in maritime subjects. There's some great old footage in here too.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, November 8, 2002

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Tracy White (Falmouth, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weir Fishing on Nantucket Sound [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Loved it! This is just as good as their first one, Lobstering on the Benjo. Think Discovery Channel, overcast gunmetal skies, and sensual underwater scenes...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who Knew?, July 8, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Weir Fishing on Nantucket Sound [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Who knew that squid and mackerel came from such funny looking contraptions?

We purchased this entire fishing set for our culinary school to show our chefs exactly where the fish they're preparing comes from. I looked around and could not find anything so specific in exploring the different fisheries as this one.

Weir Fishing, part 3 of the series, is my personal favorite, tying with the shellfishing documentary. My only reservation here is that we would have preferred DVD but the VHS worked for us too!