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WAMSI Node 4.5.3 - Pilot socio-economic assessment of commercial and recreational fisheries in the West Coast Bioregion

Australian Ocean Data Network
Christensen, Joseph, Dr (Author) Tull, Malcolm, Associate Professor (Author, Point of contact)
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This sub-project addresses the question what are the initial and longer term (2 years) economic and social values generated under the changed management arrangements associated with the demersal finfish fisheries of the West Coast Bioregion’, in relation to the charter boat industry of Western Australia. It assesses the development, size, and structure of the industry, and examines the socio-economic impact of recent changes to the management of recreational fishing in the West Coast Bioregion. The results of an operational and financial and socio-economic survey of active operators and an analysis of daily trip returns show that tour operators have adapted to the new management regime in five principal ways: (i) a decline of fishing effort; (ii) an increase in alternative (non-demersal) fishing activity; (iii) an increase in non-extractive activity; (iv) a transfer of some effort outside of the West Coast Bioregion; (v) and the exit of active operators and the retirement of inactive licenses.

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Statement: Research methods include surveys of recreational fishers, interviews with commercial fishers and charter operators, and extensive utilisation of extant data on the social and economic impacts of fishing activities. In September-October 2010 and February 2011, Node 4.5 researchers travelled extensively across the West Coast Bioregion to interview commercial fishers and Charter Boat operators. Further interviews with metropolitan-based interviewees took place in the intervening period. The results of these interviews, together with trip return data collected routinely by the Department of Fisheries from WCDS fishers and Fishing Tour Operators, are being used to build a picture of operations and activities in the demersal fishery of the WC Bioregion for the period prior to and post the recent management reforms affecting the commercial and recreational sectors.

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Node 4.5 researchers would like to acknowledge the assistance that has been provided in the early part of 2011 by Department of Fisheries staff members Dave Fairclough, Mark Cliff and Eva Lai. Node 4.5 researchers would also like to acknowledge the support of Murdoch’s Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research in providing vehicles for use in field-work.
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Funding for this research is provided by FRDC TRF 2009/081, ‘Economic assessment of the impact of recent major changes to fisheries management in the WA West Coast demersal wetline fishery’

Modified: 10 08 2011

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ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES | BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION | EARTH SCIENCE | Fish | HUMAN DIMENSIONS | Social Behavior | biota | oceans |

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