Lobstering on the Benjo- Fishtown

Experience a day on a Cape Cod lobster boat. Follow the Benjo out through the choppy early morning swells of Chatham harbor and accompany the lobstermen through their rounds- baiting and hauling their traps and buoys. Underwater footage reveals lobsters in their natural habitat feeding on fish and kelp. We then follow them into the traps and then topside into the holds of the Benjo. Also features extensive interviews with Captain Ben Bergquist and sternman Doug Schaffer. The Fishtown Educational Series documents the men and women of the New England fishing industry who continue their way of life despite an increasingly uncertain future. Best Documentary- 1998 Masschusetts Cable TV Awards Winnter- 1997 Charleston International Film Festival