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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-078

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Fishing for change: A social marketing approach to reduce the recreational harvest of Snapper and Pearl Perch in Queensland

The ‘Fishing for Change’ project used a social marketing approach that engaged stakeholders to codesign, implement and evaluate solutions to voluntarily change people’s recreational fishing behaviour.

ORGANISATION:

Currie Communications

TAGS

SPECIES

Fisheries Management: From Science to Sustainable Practices (program development)

Project number: 2023-089

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $134,589.09

Principal Investigator: Jenny Cook

Organisation: Brentwood Kitchens Pty Ltd trading as Jenny Cook Consulting

Project start/end date: 30 Nov 2023 - 28 Oct 2025

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Fisheries Management

Education

Capacity Building

Need

Developing the capability and capacity relating to fisheries management is crucial to enable a sustainable fishing industry and a viable fishing and aquaculture community.

Current global, national and jurisdictional workforce challenges are impacting on attracting and retaining capable fisheries managers, with a growing need to build entry level capability with new entrants and those transitioning into fisheries management. Additionally, the need to inform and educate stakeholders about fisheries science and fisheries management continues to increase as changes to regulations and operations occur, impacting on license to operate, undertake strategic business planning and necessitating capabilities enabling negotiation, collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

In collaboration with Ian Knuckey, FRDC and end users, this project will design and develop a road map to build and pilot a Fisheries Management: From Science to Sustainable Practices program. This approach will increase access and reach in terms of stakeholder engagement/end users, building capability and capacity in fishing and aquaculture community beyond current learning opportunities. Learning will be accessible to a range of cohorts and via industry structures requesting access to fisheries management training and development, specifically harvest strategies and stock assessment. The project will enable different approaches to learning to be explored by FRDC and available stakeholders including self-directed (on demand), hybrid and face to face workshops via extension.

This project provides an opportunity to ensure DAWE/DAFF investment is leveraged, to think differently on utilising resources to build fisheries management capability and move towards a learning hub approach to build capability and capacity. The project will provide a flexible learning journey pathway for a variety of end users which is clear, can be personalised and aligned to enabling continuous capability and capacity development, providing a structured approach capable of future growth.

Objectives

1. Transition and enhance learning resources to improve awareness, access and applicability to enable capability development

2. Develop clear learning and development pathways with and for diverse, identified audiences

3. Build individual and collective capability and capacity within the fisheries community

4. Enable effective learning and knowledge transfer through varied modalities, catering to different learning styles that foster engagement

Final report

Author: Jenny Cook

Final Report • 2024-11-22

2023-089-DLD.pdf

Summary

The Fisheries Capacity Building Network project, led by Ian Knuckey and funded through Department of Water and Environment (DAWE) aimed to drive more effective engagement in Commonwealth fisheries management processes by Indigenous, recreational and commercial fisheries representatives and concluded in 2023. The Fisheries Capacity Building Network developed a portal with information, resources and links to help educate stakeholders about fisheries science and fisheries management; training activities in consultation with Indigenous, recreational and commercial fisheries representatives; and delivered training activities to Indigenous, recreational and commercial fisheries representatives. Whilst successful, this project was significantly impacted by COVID-19 which restricted face to face workshop delivery with stakeholders. As a result, the project utilised online resources, information sharing and meeting environments to build capacity.

With the project ceasing, there was an opportunity to include project delivery and engagement learnings and transition resources into improved learning pathways to enable self directed, hybrid and facilitated learning via FRDC. The project will utilise the FRDC website for on-demand style learning and learning management system (LMS) platform to host topics/modules.

This project builds on initial transition work, funded by Fisheries Capacity Building Network project in collaboration with FRDC, to retain and re-imagine building capability and capacity for broader and diverse stakeholders which utilises technology to compliment learning approaches. The program aims to:

Develop clear learning pathways for diverse audiences
Build sustainable capacity and capability
Enable effective learning through varied modalities
Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing among diverse stakeholders within the fisheries sector
Providing accessible, engaging foundational educational resources on fisheries science and sustainable management practices

PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-091

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Snapper Science Program: Theme 2 – Estimates of Biomass

ORGANISATION:

Flinders University

TAGS

Rac Sa

SPECIES

Snapper

PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-085

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Snapper Science Program: Theme 1 - Biology and Ecology

ORGANISATION:

Flinders University

TAGS

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2023-004

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Post-graduate support to develop science to support Red Sea Urchin fisheries

ORGANISATION:

University of Sydney (USYD)

TAGS

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-012

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

Investigating social acceptance for the wild catch commercial fishing industry of Southeast Queensland

This research project aimed to develop an engagement strategy that would assist the Southeast Queensland (SEQ) wild catch commercial fishing industry to gain social acceptance, or a Social Licence to Operate (SLO). SLO is needed to maintain access to the resource and market confidence. A scan of...

ORGANISATION:

University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)

TAGS

Wild Catch

Survey

Stakeholder

Resource Access And Allocation

SPECIES

PROJECT NUMBER • 2021-055

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Artificial Reefs: Suitability of recycled materials for integration into purpose built artificial reefs for enhancing marine productivity, biodiversity and social outcomes

ORGANISATION:

Recfishwest

TAGS

Rac Wa

Habitat

PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-063

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED

WRL Communication, Education and Engagement Program

This report encapsulates the achievements and outcomes of the Western Rock Lobster Council's (WRL) Communication, Education, and Engagement Program (Project 2022-063), which aimed to enhance community understanding, trust, and acceptance of the Western Rock Lobster industry. Through innovative...

ORGANISATION:

Western Rock Lobster Council Inc (WRLC)

TAGS

SPECIES

National Social and Economic Survey of Recreational Fishers 2019

Project number: 2018-161

Project Status:

Current

Budget expenditure: $1,233,986.95

Principal Investigator: Andy (Anthony) Moore

Organisation: University of Canberra

Project start/end date: 3 Mar 2019 - 19 Jun 2021

Contact:

FRDC

TAGS

Need

Currently there is a lack of national scale, consistent and robust data on the motivations and behaviours of recreational fishers, and lack of robust data on the social and economic contribution of recreational fishing. Where many commercial fisheries have regular collection and estimation process for economic data, this is not the case for recreational fishing in most of Australia. This lack of data also includes behaviour and motivations and how they are changing. These data are useful for informing discussions on resource allocation and in understanding and managing recreational fisheries more generally. If these data are to be used to inform governments and the general public, there is a need to make sure it is collected in a robust way that is representative of the Australian population. Large scale representative data sets are often expensive to acquire and as a result do not get undertaken regularly. One off surveys only provide useful data for any particular point in time, but understanding trends can often be more useful. This study aims to implement and test methodologies to provide a robust and representative sample, while trying to reduce costs to allow for more regular data gathering. To do this requires addressing another need: that of testing new survey methodologies for collecting data from recreational fishers that enables assessment of social and economic contribution. Recreational fishing surveys traditionally use probability based phone or mail surveys, however both methods are experiencing rapid decline in response rates and representativeness. It is expected that going into the future, online surveys that use a range of appropriate recruitment methods will be the most common survey method. There is a need to invest in establishing robust approaches to using these methods, and in understanding how their findings differ to those of traditional probability based surveys.

Objectives

1. Assess social and economic contribution of recreational fishing using multiple methods, including direct and flow-on economic benefits, and market and non-market benefits

2. Identify which approaches to recruiting survey participants and completing surveys produce the most representative and robust results

3. Recommend most appropriate and cost effective survey method to use to track change social and economic aspects of recreational fishing in Australia over time

Final report

Authors: Moore A Schirmer J Magnusson A Keller K Hinten G Galeano D Woodhams J Wright D Maloney L. Dix A.

Final Report • 2023-02-21 • 5.80 MB

2018-161-NRFS_main report_FINAL_19Feb2023.pdf

Summary

The NRFS involved three stages of data collection. An overview of the three stages of data collection and the purpose of each, and a guide summarising which chapters draw on data from each stage of data collection, are provided in the next section. Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 provide a detailed description of the methods used to collect and process data in Stages 1, 2 and 3 respectively. These sections explain, for each stage:

The purpose/objectives of data collection
Data collection methods, including design of survey instruments and survey recruitment materials, survey sample recruitment methods and sample achieved
Data processing methods, including data coding and cleaning, and weighting methods.

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