When Tiger and Prue Davey welcomed the arrival of their first child, there was never a doubt that she'd become an integral part of a five-generational mackerel fishing legacy.
When fourth-generation fisher Tiger Davey and his wife, Prue, decided to have a baby, it was never in doubt that the newest addition to the family would be an integral part of their life together at sea.
"We're in a 20-metre-by-six-metre steel box and [Elica's] going to be there whether we're working or not working. Whether it was plonking her daughter into a lug basket on the deck as a makeshift cot, or changing nappies on the chart table in the wheelhouse, she seemed to be taking motherhood aboard the Wild Card in her stride."I grew up on a farm; as far as danger's concerned, there's not really much difference, it just changes the angle of what you've got to worry about, but mostly it's what we do, it's our life, so she fits into that beautifully," Ms Davey said.
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