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PROJECT NUMBER • 2020-056
PROJECT STATUS:
CURRENT

Evaluation of a smart-phone application to collect recreational fishing catch estimates, including an assessment against an independent probability based survey, using South Australia as a case study

Information on recreational catch and effort is becoming increasingly important to inform fishery stock assessment and the sustainable management of fisheries resources. As smartphone applications ('apps') become more sophisticated and widely available, they are increasingly being used to record...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide

Tactical Research Fund: identifying indigenous business opportunities in the recreational fishing tourism industry on Cape York Peninsula

Project number: 2010-230
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $67,500.00
Principal Investigator: Dave Donald
Organisation: Barradave Sportfishing Services
Project start/end date: 3 Jul 2011 - 27 May 2012
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Modern tourism markets are hungry for indigenous content and Cape York Peninsula (CYP) has the
potential to become a leader in catering to these markets. Figures from the Coen Biosecurity vehicle counter reveal a 250% increase in traffic on CYP in the past 5 years, a statistic that indicates the time is right for indigenous communities to become involved. There is an urgent need for enterprise development opportunities to be identified and potential personnel to be supported.
All government and community agencies approached agreed that addressing this need is long overdue and requires immediate action. This has to be achieved within the constraints of seasonal conditions that severely restrict CYP access from December to May each year.
Recreational fishing tourism has already been identified by various surveys as having major economic
importance on CYP, particularly to the Weipa and Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) economies. Extending this market based on the capacity to build on the knowledge and experience of local indigenous people has already been suggested by visiting clientele in anticipation of an enriched CYP fishing experience.
Similar enthusiasm has been shown from those involved in ecotourism orientated activities, that, for the purposes of this report, will be included with recreational fishing tourism, given that infrastructure is often shared.
Establishing a comprehensive data base that would provide a platform for government and communities to address the empowerment of CYP indigenous communities via recreational fishing and ecotourism opportunities is obviously a significant step in getting the process underway and should be completed at the earliest opportunity - the 2011 dry season.
This confirms the tactical nature of this project that seeks to investigate, identify and document current and future opportunities leading to the development and coordination of an indigenous recreational fishing tourism market sector for Cape York Peninsula.

Objectives

1. To identify indigenous enterprise development opportunities within the fishing charter and associated tourism industry on Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait
2. Identify current indigenous tourism industry status
3. To identify trends and opportunities for indigenous tourism on Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait
4. To identify barriers and solutions to indigenous tourism on Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait
5. To recommend solutions to the development of Cape York Peninsula and Torres Strait tourism that are both general and community specific

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-646-58354-9
Author: David Donald
People
PROJECT NUMBER • 2005-322
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Establishing a recreational fishing working group to develop a national implementation plan R, D and E.

Following the success of the National Strategy for the Survival of Released Line Caught Fish it was considered that a national approach needed to be developed to address a broader range of recreational fisheries R,D&E issues. A workshop was held in Hobart in August 2005 to determine the...
ORGANISATION:
Recfish Australia
Adoption
PROJECT NUMBER • 2015-501
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Empowering recreational fishers as champions of healthy fish habitat

From 2016 to 2018, recreational fishers across Australia focussed their attention on fish habitat as part of the project, Empowering recreational fishers as champions of healthy fish habitat. Fish habitat throughout Australia is in trouble. Progressive degradation of fish habitat has occurred since...
ORGANISATION:
OzFish Unlimited
Industry
Environment
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PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-011
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Optimising Compliance Outcomes in Recreational Fisheries

This study investigated strategies to enhance compliant participation among recreational fishers, using the Peel-Harvey Blue Swimmer Crab fishery in Western Australia (WA) and the Blue Swimmer Crab fishery in South Australia (SA) as case studies. 
ORGANISATION:
University of Western Australia (UWA)
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