D J Church's film begins with a garden tea party, with crab sandwiches on the menu. Next we move to Coverack in Cornwall to see the Crabber's in action; preparing their boats, retrieving storepots and unloading their substantial catch into baskets. Full baskets of edible crabs and lobsters are loaded onto the quayside and weighed. The catch is loaded onto a truck from Newlyn and taken away. Women separate the crab meat from the shells and the film ends back at the tea party.