“The fish start swimming in a circle, they go round and round, others from the school join in, males and females. They swim faster and faster steadily making a vortex like water running out of a sink, then the females are propelled upwards by centrifugal force toward the surface; they are fatter than males and full of eggs. Unlike other fish the eggs are well developed with‘wrigglers’ inside wanting to be fertilised.” – Simon ‘Jim’ Perry 2020.
I was saddened to hear recently of the passing of Jim Perry, whom I interviewed in 2020 about the mullet season on Minjerribah.
Jim was a great source of knowledge about the mullet fishery and the traditions surrounding it.
My condolences go to ‘Tangles’ and the mullet men, and to Jim’s family and friends.
Always was.
Ian Curr, 10 August 2026