Don't Step on Crocodiles

Richard Mounsey Grew Up In A Fishing Community In VictoriaAustralia. His Stepfather Andbrother Were Fishermen And He Wasdestined To Follow In Their Footsteps.However Secretly He Dreamedof Becoming A Fisheries Officersand One Day A National Director Offisheries. Without Having Influentialfriends In The Right Governmentcircles He Realised At The Age Of 14He Would Have To Gain Outstandingexperience To Give Him The Edgeover Other Would-Be Fisheriesofficers. Thus He Set A Coursethat Risked Life And Limb To Achievehis Goal The Only Way He Knew How. As A Teenager Trappedaboard A Japanese Trawler He Was Physically AbusedTreated Like A Slave Thrown Overboard Bitten By Sea Snakesand Attacked By A Crocodile. He Wasted Time Working On Thefamily Shark Boat Before Winning A Churchill Fellowship Thattook Him To The Polar Reaches Of Canada And A World Of Bigcatches And High Stakes. With A Few Dollars Behind Him Hewent Into A Bad Partnership In A Trawler Back Home Beforebecoming The United Nations Master Shark Fishermanconsultant In The Caribbean. Five Years Later In 1987 Backin Australia He Headed Up The Northern Territory’S Fishingtechnology Section. During This Period Crocodile Encountersand Sea Adventures Dominated His Daily Life.