Producer Garry Kerr has said "Port Lincoln became the sole surviving tuna port in Australia but has had to go through the transition from canning to tuna farming" and ''we have tried to capture different facets of the industry from the early days, from the big days when they were poling a lot of tuna, to the women's stories and their support being home with the kids. Then there was the social scene and then the downturn of the fishery and we touched on the resurgence of tuna farming and value adding."
The documentary took more than two years to make and produce.
The film's closing title card at the end of each of the two parts reads: ''Sincere thanks to the interviewees, already named, for sharing their memories with us and making this program possible.''
The video is the 11th part in Garry Kerr's Maritime History Series.
More than thirty people were interviewed for this documentary.