MULLET CREW LEGENDS: Terry Bertoli, Authur Boggis, Ron Boggis, Tony “Bigfoot” Reese, Harold Malin, Peter Reese, Ian Berry, Barry Baxter, Brian Campbell, Harry Storey, Cec Perantis, Guy Maxwell, Terry Charles, Benny McClyment, Ronnie Francis, Donny Robson, Wayne “Jungle” Jones, members of the Tweed mullet crew, Gordon “Sparra” Barton, Noel “Fred” Barton, Ted “Jetty Jack” McGrath, Ted “Slacky” Withers – and how many more can we add?

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What Happened to the Mullet?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT
LOCATION: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2001/s331740.htm
Broadcast: 18/07/2001
Fish drying up in Australia
Reporter: Michael Troy

MICHAEL TROY: Every year around June, fishing crews all along the East Coast gather on the beaches searching for signs of the mullet run.

BRIAN CAMPBELL, COMMERCIAL FISH SPOTTER: The mullet leave the river in the winter seasons usually here around May to the end of June. They come out to spawn.

MICHAEL TROY: The mullet, heavy with roe, are worth about $6 $8 a kilogram. This year, however, the commercial fishermen are facing a harsh reality.

MICHAEL TROY: How’s it been so far this year?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Awful, worst year we’ve ever had. Only because of the closures that were put on after the flood in the Richmond River and we weren’t allowed into those areas where we traditionally catch our fish. So it’s the worst year I’ve ever been in 30 years.

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