[The first herring of the season are loaded into the conveyor belt] [picture] /

Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition file number 204/02/00071.; Photograph signed by artist on verso.; Part of the collection of photographs of the migration and catch of salmon in Cheyne Bay, Western Australia. "The first herring of the season are loaded into the conveyor belt. Bill Westerberg (left fore) and Ian McEachern scoop the fish with an old cane basket while the rest of the team hold a portion of the nights catch in a small netted area. Beyond them, surrounded by net, is the remainder of the twenty tonne catch. Bill's father was one of the pioneers of the Cheyne Bay salmon fishery."--Notes from artist