Fish Trap (1962)

River Axe, Colyton, Devon. L/S of cows grazing in a meadow, tilt down to a river. L/S of a fish trap going over the river, it is controlled by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to keep track of sea trout. Panning shot of the fish trap - it looks like a row of empty canoes with a hut near the bank. Top shot of sea trout caught in the trap. M/S, inside the hut, of a man winding a winch. Top shot of the trap lifting out of the water. The trout are trapped in a tank - “the fish’s sex is determined and its condition checked“. C/U of a man’s hands fitting a tag on the trapped fish in the tank. C/U of the man’s hand reaching for a tag. C/U of the tag going into the struggling fish. The man then picks up some clippers and trims the tag. C/U of the man’s face. Top shot of the man measuring the length of the fish. M/S of the man writing on a blackboard. M/S of the fish swimming about in the tank. M/S of the man chalking up details of the capture on the blackboard before going over to the w