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Interview with Nick Soulas regarding the history of the Australian fishing industry

Date11 December 1989

Object numberANMS0871[064]

NameInterview

MediumCompact disk and tape

ClassificationsBorn digital media

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Murdoch University

Terms

DescriptionA recorded interview with Nick Soulas in Bunbury, Western Australia as part of a series titled 'History of the Australian Fishing Industry'. It contains information on the Soulas family background, Nick Soulas' education, his entry into fishing, methods of fishing, shark fishing, labour conditions, prices and costs, skills of Australian fishermen, foreing incursions, problems of the industry, commercial versus recreational, depletion of stock, pollution, the need for compromise, the need for research, relations with the Fisheries Department; future of the industry and agriculture.HistoryThis recorded interview with Nick Soulas 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.