MEN'S OCEANS
COPYRIGHT: 2002
DIRECTOR: Ferran LLAGOSTERA, Juan Carlos ARBEX
AUTHORS: Ferran LLAGOSTERA, Juan Carlos ARBEX, François LE BAYON
FORMAT: DV Cam
DIFFUSION: Digital Betacam
DURATION: 13 X 52 minutes
TYPE: Documentary
VERSIONS: Spanish, French
PRODUCTION: Centre Promotor de la Imatge, Tellesonne, Cannes TV, Lieurac Productions
PARTICIPAION: Centre Nationale de la Cinématographie

The history of fishing through the centuries is the history that depicts a close relationship between man and his surroundings. The successful fisherman has always had an intrinsic knowledge of his maritime environment and developed his method of fishing in accordance with his observations.
It is this knowledge, intelligence and relationship with nature that is the central theme of this series of documentaries. MEN'S OCEANS is a study of the remaining traditional fishing techniques that are still to be found, unchanged, around the world. How have they survived?
What are these techniques and how are they transmitted? This series pays homage to those traditional methods of fishing where the respect for nature is the only way to survive.

1/ - MEN & OCEANS
2/ - THE GLOBALISATION OF FISHING
3/ - CORAL UNDER THREAT
4/ - RICH FISHERMEN, POOR FISHERMEN
5/ - TRAVELING SHRIMPS & FLYING TUNA
6/ - SOLITARY FISHING
7/ - THE ART OF TRAPS
8/ - FISHING FROM THE BEACH
9/ - VICTIMS & EXECUTIONERS
10/ - SURVIVAL IN PARADISE
11/ - BLACK PEARLES, WHITE PEARLES
12/ - GOLDEN SHRIMPS
13/ - TRADITIONS & HERITAGE