The 45 minute scallop race

Synopsis

“It’s a race against the clock to dredge the ocean bottom. You get a palpitating 45 minutes to dredge up the finest specimens of “coquilles St Jacques” and rake in your precious booty. Twice a week, fishing the most dangerous and most regulated part of the French coast takes place in the vast Bay of Saint-Brieuc … a vast hunting ground where 200 boats are engaged in a war without mercy for their share of 5,000 tons of shellfish per year…”