Northumberland fisherman Jordan Richardson’s life at sea
My fascination about fishing communities continues. Fishing is characterised by polder men and has really high health and safety challenges. In many respects it mirrors farming in some of these characteristics. In shore fishermen are predominantly rural in location. This story about a young person bucking the trend is really interesting in terms of the debate about how to shape a long term future for the industry. It tells us:
Meet the young fisherman from Northumberland who is making a living from the seas.
Sophy Rose crew members Jordan Richardson and Edward Sinclaire lift more than 300 creels a day from the waters around Holy Island.
Jordan, 24, skippered his first boat aged 17 and now works full time as a fisherman.
Watch more on this story on Inside Out in the North East and Cumbria on BBC One at 19:30 on Monday 2 September or catch up after on the iPlayer.