Cornwall: This Fishing Life - Episode Guide

Whilst other fishing communities are feeling the pinch, Mevagissey on Cornwall's south coast bucks the trend. Can the next generation of young skippers make a go of it?

It is summer, the sardine run is on and the ring-netters of Newlyn are on the hunt. Rebranded as Cornish Sardines, the pilchard fishery has grown into a multi-million-pound industry.

As change comes to a quiet corner of Cornwall, brother and sister Jason and Nicky are risking it all and changing from sail boat to trawler.

A look at the smaller boats that fish off Cornwall's coast, often with only a single crew member. Despite being a sustainable method of fishing, this traditional approach is coming under threat from industrialisation, a lack of new talent taking up the trade, and declining stocks of mackerel and other once common fish. In Penberth, James is the only fisherman under 65 - and since traditional methods rely on boats supporting each other, he may have to give up when the older generation retires. On the Helford River, a veteran fisherman shares his concerns for the fish processing industry if Britain leaving the EU leads to a decline in foreign labour.

As autumn comes to Cornwall, the biggest boats fish through turbulent times offshore. But with Brexit looming, what does the future hold for these big old boats and their crews?

Change is on the horizon in Newlyn, Cornwall's biggest fishing port, as Brexit is coming. As the town prepares to navigate uncharted waters, the new harbour master is at the helm.

With lost time to catch up on after lockdown, and livelihoods on the line, the Newquay fleet are steaming into a summer like no other.

Looe once boasted the second largest fishing fleet in Cornwall. Now, the fleet is a shadow of its former self. But one family and one boat are fighting back.

As the global market for crab grows, Padstow becomes a boomtown. However, lockdown threatens the gold rush, and concerns start to be raised about overfishing.

The fishing grounds of St Ives Bay have supported the fleets of two ports for generations, but now change threatens the future for the fishermen of Hayle.

In Cadgwith, Cornwall's last traditional full-time fishing cove, fathers and sons work side by side. There's new blood in the fleet, but the future of the cove is under threat.