The film refers to and shows some of the aerial and sea surveys of the pelagic fish resources off the Australian Coast, undertaken bby the Divsion of Fisheries, CSIRO. Describes in detail the use of the purse-seine net in catching mackerel off the Tasmanian coast.
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Collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
008850
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Fish trade
Animals & Wildlife → Fish trade - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Fisheries
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)