The item is a documentary film from 1978. It is a tribute to the one-man salmon troller, the boat that pioneered British Columbia's coastal fishery. Extols the way of life of the fisherman and shows how technology, big business and government regulations have irrevocably altered the fisherman's life.

The file consists of five reels of unedited film footage/out-takes. Contains footage of commercial salmon and halibut trolling; purse seining; gill netting; fish ladders (Hells Gate); cannery interiors; tagging salmon; salmon spawning; salmon eggs and fry in laboratory; Adams River salmon run; hatchery scenes. Also includes: aerial views of the B.C. coastline; docks at Zeballos; De Havilland Dragon Rapide passenger plane on floats (registration CF-AYE).
It includes some footage from the film "Commercial salmon trolling off the British Columbia Coast."

RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1984] SUMMARY: George Coburn discusses salmon trolling in the Gulf of Georgia.;

RECORDED: Coquitlam (B.C.) [?], [ca. 1984] SUMMARY: Ivan Keenan discusses salmon trolling in the Gulf of Georgia.;

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

Industrial film. A survey of the Pacific coast fishing industry. Follows a commercial fishing vessel on a typical trip along the BC coast, and shows the various fishing methods used. Also includes footage of cannery operations, fish ladders at Hells Gate, spawning grounds, the cleaning of fish on a processing ship, fishery by-products (such as fish meal used for stock feed), the manufacture of nets and other equipment, fishing boat maintenance, etc. Features fishing boats Pacific Raider and Western Provider.

RECORDED: White Rock (B.C.) [?], [ca. 1984] SUMMARY: Reuben Webb discusses salmon trolling in the Gulf of Georgia.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Rod Palm RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Rod Palm discusses: trolling boats (from a photograph of a harbour) -- which boats are good, which used to be good, what happened to other boats; anecdote about a boat that exploded; rebuilding of old boats; Native superstition about death on boats; alcohol often leads to boating accidents. Palm then gives a history of the "Norvan": oldest floating boat in B.C.; built in 1900 by Murray's, rebuilt in 1926 and named the "Norvan"; story of him and his friends buying the "Norvan" for $2000. Palm and Bossin on the boat: anecdotes about bad weather Palm has sailed in; near accident.

Industrial film. The British Columbia salmon industry. The province's salmon runs. The work of fishing vessels and their crews. The B.C. Packers cannery at Steveston: salmon being unloaded at the dock; cannery operations and processes (including brief shots of an "Iron Chink" salmon butchering machine); cannery workers (lunchroom, housing, other amenities); canning of salmon. Concluding scene of a family dinner.

Industrial film. A comprehensive look at the B.C. salmon industry, including the salmon run; fishing techniques; salmon species; Nass and Skeena River migrations; Hells Gate fishways; cannery operations. Concludes with a cooking demonstration, showing methods of preparing and serving salmon.

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Footage. A film showing three types of sports fishing: saltwater salmon trolling (1943), lake fishing (1936), and river steelhead fishing (1944).

Documentary. Commercial fishing using trawl nets. No Canadian content.