NESP MaC Project 2.5: Survey on Recreational Fishing Compliance Behavior, 2022-2023

Australian research explored behavioral interventions to promote self-compliance among recreational fishers in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and two Commonwealth parks off Western Australia. The project distributed more than 800 online surveys, followed by focus groups, to examine how demographics, motivations, and fishing patterns influence compliance intentions. Outputs include a fact sheet and final report, with no raw data files generated.

Use Cases

• Designing targeted awareness campaigns based on behavioral segmentation of fishers
• Analyzing the relationship between fisher demographics and compliance intentions based on survey insights
• Testing communication messaging effectiveness based on social media pilot studies
• Evaluating the impact of officer presence on compliance behavior based on survey findings

Strengths

• Project distributed more than 800 online surveys, providing a substantive sample for analysis
• Research focused on specific geographic areas: the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and two Commonwealth parks off Western Australia
• Analysis combined survey data with focus groups for deeper insights

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Online surveys and focus groups

Time Range

2022-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 01:28:49.980652; freshness should be verified

Geography

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Australia) and Commonwealth parks off Western Australia (Geographe and Two Rocks)