Wellington Cape
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Vessel:
Wellington Cape -
Skipper:
Timothy Anketell -
Fishing since:
1982 -
Type of Fishing:
Danish Seine -
Area:
Bass Strait
Timmy Anketell left school at age 17 and has been fishing off – shore ever since. Lakes born and bred he started working on the Tambo Bay, and since the Marley Point and then at 21 he competed his Master Five and ran the Corrally G. He bought the Wellington Cape in 1989 and has run it alongside his two sons sporadicallyover the past ten years.
Timmy says that “In regards to the longevity of the industry, we as fisherman are doing as much as we possibly can, including high grading our cot end size."