Catch of the Day

This pile of junk is a sampling of what lies at the bottom of the North Sea. Fishermen constantly catch it in their nets, often throwing it and other junk overboard, only to catch it again a few days or weeks later. We awoke before daybreak and filmed the ships appear through the fog with their catch.




To stem the flow of garbage, a volunteer program from KIMO – a collective of local authorities who want to clean up the North Sea – are giving incentives to fishermen to bring the junk back and have it disposed of properly. A committed man named Bert was our tour guide and introduced us to the right people.



H.J. was the man in charge of handling the trash and he had a kick out of us Canadians wanting to film his garbage – at any cost.




It was a long, tough day of filming but well worth the effort. We left with more than 4 hours in the can and 2 days off waiting in Amsterdam…not to mention Queen’s Day, where the streets become clogged with teeming masses of orange-clad party-seekers. We can’t wait.



Out.

I+G