L'île de Batz

August 7, 1996 The main activity on the island of BATZ (Finistère), which has a population of 750, is seaweed fishing. - DP trawlers heading out to sea / DP articulated arm of the boats collecting and hauling up brown seaweed / DP J.M. GLIC at the helm of his boat. - Interview with Jean Michel GLIDIC, seaweed harvester for twenty years: "It's becoming increasingly difficult to count the tides because we're going back to places we've already been (...) working alone isn't prudent, we go out in groups of three." - DP boats loaded with seaweed, boat "Françoise" from Morlaix near the rocks / return of boats loaded with seaweed / 3 shots of seaweed unloading at the port of Roscoff. INA archive footage National Audiovisual Institute http://www.ina.fr Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... #INA #Society