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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
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)

People development program: 2013 FRDC International Travel Bursaries - Brett Cleary to attend World Recreational Fishing Conference 2014

Project number: 2008-314.34
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $5,000.00
Organisation: Game Fishing Association of Australia Inc
Project start/end date: 25 Jul 2013 - 31 Aug 2014
Contact:
FRDC

Need

Recreational Fishing is gaining a high profile in Australia and the need for well informed and educated discussion about policy and management is needed for the recreational sector. Government agencies dominate fishing policy and the need to have experienced views, both from a local and an international prospective is vitally important for future management. GFAA and ARFF represent recreational fishers in Australia, development of strategies and people within these groups will enhance all stakeholders of fisheries.

Objectives

1. Education, understand international views and personnel development
2. Resource Sharing, gaining experience and expertise in international arrangement's.
3. Networking, Building relationships with like minded groups and orginsations
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