Tuna Wranglers

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Tuna Wranglers (2007) is a documentary film produced by the makers of Deadliest Catch. It follows the exploits of the southern bluefin tuna industry in South Australia as it captures wild fish and transports them to grow-out pens where the fish are fattened up for sale to the Japanese market. It features footage of fishermen diving into tuna pens to wrestle sharks in order to protect their multimillion-dollar stock.{{Cite web|url = https://deadliestreports.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/tuna-wrangers-review/|title = Tuna Wranglers|date = 2007-08-19|access-date = 2015-01-11|website = Dealiest reviews}} The film was directed and produced by Mark Strickson for television and has also been released on DVD{{Cite web|url = https://shop.abc.net.au/products/tuna-wranglers-1dvd?CA_6C15C=120152330000037115|title = ABC Shop - Tuna Wranglers|access-date = 2015-01-11|website = ABC Shop|publisher = ABC}} in several regions. Critics of the film noted the omission of the southern bluefin tuna's conservation status and the incongruous casting of an American narrator given the exclusively Australian cast and story.{{Cite web|url = http://happyantipodean.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/film-tuna-wranglers-discovery-channel.html|title = Monday 24 May 2010|date = 2010-05-24|access-date = 2015-01-11|website = Happy Antipodean|last = da Silva|first = Matthew}} The film was produced by NHNZ for the Discovery Channel. A year after its release, the film was acknowledged by the southern bluefin tuna industry as having helped raise its public profile and boosted related tourism activity in the town of Port Lincoln.{{Cite news|url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/swimming-with-bluefin-tuna-lucrative-starter/2008/04/24/1208743153757.html|title = Swimming with bluefin tuna lucrative starter for locals fishing for tourists|last = Fyfe|first = Melissa|date = 2008-04-25|access-date = 2015-01-13|newspaper = The Age}}