Ben Barnes is a 5th generation professional fisherman who fishes the Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Ben began fishing at 15 years old on his father’s crab boat, before buying his own marine scale net fishing licence at 16. Ben began professionally fishing in 1996, and currently works from a 7.5 metre flat bottom fibreglass net boat and a 40ft Andy Ferro Seahawk. Ben loves the lifestyle of being a fisherman and working in a clean environment.