Watermen delves into the lives of the last independent fishermen to work the waters of the Atlantic and the Chesapeake Bay.
Told exclusively in the voices of the hardy individuals who have made a life’s work of fishing, crabbing, and oystering off Virginia’s wild coast, these intimate first-person stories bring us inside the deeply personal challenges and triumphs that define life on the water.
Yet the implications of these watermen's struggles reverberate far beyond Virginia's shores, highlighting the decline of ocean fisheries worldwide and the daunting challenges faced by societies around the world to protect and preserve the waters that sustain us all.