The sea reaches the shore, waves breaking over rocks and lapping at the sands. Salmon nets dominate the view of Scottish fishermen's cottages.

A group of fishermen row out to sea. Meanwhile, a lone fisherman begins his tight-rope-like walk along the fly nets to collect salmon caught closer to the shore.

The group of fishermen reach a net and lean into the sea to collect their catch. The lone fisherman works similarly. The process is repeated several times until piles of Salmon weigh the boat down.

Returning to shore, the fisherman fill baskets with Salmon, loading them onto the back of a donkey. Once finished, they drag their nets across the beaches. Elsewhere salmon is packed into boxes and iced. Work concludes sharply on Saturday evening, as on the Sabbath no fish can be touched.

Salmon leap their way through torrents of water to get to their breeding ground. Eventually, they reach the tranquil waters of a loch. Here small fry will hatch and in two years make their own way to the sea.