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Author Clark, Anna, 1978- author

Title The catch : the story of fishing in Australia / Anna Clark
Published Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  799.10994 Cla/Cts  AVAILABLE
Description 161 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 27 cm
regular print
Contents Australia's love affair with fishing -- Indigenous fishing and fishers -- Colonial encounters -- Early industry -- Old fish in a new world -- The anglers -- Modern fisheries -- A reccie revolution -- Can we keep fishing?
Summary In every coastal town in Australia, there's a bait shop and a boat ramp, and, in garages around the country, fishing rods are strung up waiting for their next outing. Many of us have a special fishing spot, and families pass on tips from generation to generation and exchange fishy tales of amazing catches and near misses. Bringing her personal passion for throwing in a line, author Anna Clark celebrates the enduring pleasure of fishing in "The Catch: The Story of Fishing in Australia". This book charts the history of fishing, from the first known accounts of Indigenous fishing and early European encounters with Australia's waters to the latest fishing fads; from the introduction of trout and fly fishing to the challenges of balancing needs of commercial and recreational fishers
Analysis Australian
Notes National Library's deposit copy is signed by author. ANL
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-154) and index
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Fishing.
Fishery management -- Australia -- History.
Fishery resources -- Australia -- Commercial vs. recreational use
Fishers -- Australia.
Fishing -- Australia -- History.
Author Paxevanos, Rob, writer of foreword
National Library of Australia, issuing body
ISBN 9780642279064