We’ve had a long history of fishing the waters off our coastlines – from indigenous fisherwomen, to Chinese fish curers, fishing by the middle classes in the 1950s and post war immigrants like the Italians and Greeks joining in too. Of course there’s a downside to that story – overfishing, destruction of habitats and commercial trawling but the industry is now heavily regulated and conservation is more important than ever.

Dr Anna Clark, Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Public history at the University of Technology, Sydney joins Phil Clark to talk about her latest book ‘The Catch, The story of Fishing in Australia’.

