Facing prison for cultural fishing

<p>Sixty years ago commercial licenses were handed out to Australian fishers working in the lucrative shellfish industry. Since then, the families that obtained those licenses have made fortunes. </p><p><br></p><p>But many Aboriginal people whose ancestors have fished along the coast for tens of thousands of years have been locked out of the trade.</p><p><br></p><p>Aboriginal fishers, like Yuin elder Keith Nye, have been described as “poachers” by industry and government, and face jail time for selling what they catch. </p><p><br></p><p>Today, writer for The Monthly Paul Cleary on the...