In this archival episode of Land & Sea from 1975, we visit Fogo Island and speak with some residents and members of the Fogo Island Shipbuilders Cooperative. The Cooperative was building longliners and managing the salt fish plant. There was a new high school and paved roads. The town was coming back from the brink.

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