The images within this category focus on one of Australia’s major industries, the commercial fishing industry.
Fish are a multi-billion dollar industry for Australia and according to statistics for 2005 from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority fish are Australia’s fifth largest food producing industry worth more than $2.2 billion to the Nations economy every year.
The largest of these by value are the Northern Prawn, Southern Bluefin Tuna, Eastern Tuna and Billfish fisheries,