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Cast

Frank Jenkinson

Frank Jenkinson

Self

Trevor Lautens

Trevor Lautens

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Jack Long

Jack Long

Director

Jack Long

Jack Long

Cinematography

Bruce Giesbrecht

Bruce Giesbrecht

Editor

John Knight

John Knight

Sound Editor

Al West

Al West

Location Sound Recordist

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The Man Who Digs for Fish

19790.0 / 1013 min
Documentary

Overview

Frank Jenkinson, eighty-two, has been digging for fish for twenty-five years. His unorthodox conservationist practices have increased the numbers of the salmon population in the Jarvis Inlet from a modest 500 to 25 000. Using a spade and accompanied by his dog, Frank wades up and down the stream, digging for the newly hatched salmon that lie buried in the gravel. Without his intervention they risk dying before reaching maturity.