The fishermen of Eden fish the southern waters for gemfish, mor- wong, mackerell and tuna. The fishing has developed from line fishing in the early days to seine net fishing to the very modern Otto trawling which enables the boats to fish for more hours at a time. Almost non­stop fishing.

At present there are 100 boats working out of Eden, valued at over $20 million and some of the fishermen like Freddy Woods and Owen Al­lan have been fishing from Eden for over 40 years.