Memorial to remember WA fishers lost at sea one step closer

Memorial to remember WA fishers lost at sea one step closer

Records show more than 350 people have drowned in WA waters since the early 19th century trying to put seafood on tables.

Council votes to support sea organ

FREMANTLE council has voted to support a proposed sea organ memorial.  The WA Fisher’s Lost at Sea Memorial Association (‘Fisher’s Association’) seek to build the memorial in recognition of hundreds of people who died in the development and operation of commercial fishing in WA.  Fisher’s Association President James Paratore said a tight knit group of volunteers have spent thousands of hours researching the lives lost and archiving their discove…