Interview with Carl Bryant regarding the history of the Australian fishing industry
Date1989 - 1990
Object numberANMS0871[038]
NameInterview
MediumCompact disk and tape
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 11 mm
Copyright© Murdoch University
ClassificationsBorn digital media
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Murdoch University
DescriptionA recorded interview with Carl Bryant in Bittern, Victoria, as part of a series titled 'History of the Australian Fishing Industry'. It contains information on Carl Bryant's grandparent's life as fishermen, his father as a boat builder and fisherman, employment in his early years, entry into shark fishing, long lining, catches and prices, raising finance, new boats, Bass Strait, cray fishing, boat crew, sea sickness, career structure, accidents at sea, personalities, loss of vessels, radar and radio, the fishing experience, problems on pricing, leaving the industry, limited entry criteria, effects on fishermen, costs of licences, returns from fishing, reduced catches, surveys of vessels, relations with officers, fisheries management, fishermen's organisations and labour relationships.HistoryThis recorded interview with Carl Bryant is part of a larger series produced as result of an oral history research project conducted by the Economics Department of Murdoch University and coordinated by Malcolm Tull. The project commissioned researchers in every Australian state to interview fishermen and others involved in catching, processing and marketing fish. Their research involved questions about daily work, personal memories of life in the Australian fishing industry as well as questions about the economics of the industry.SignificanceThis collection of recorded interviews is significant in providing a comprehensive record of commercial fishing from the 1950s to the 1990s across Australia.