NESP MB Project E4: Recreational Fishing Activity in Australian Commonwealth Waters

A 2018-2019 project by the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub analyzed recreational fishing effort and catch within Australian Marine Parks. The work trialed state-wide assessments in Western Australia and New South Wales, focusing on the Hunter, Ningaloo, and Perth Canyon AMPs. Planned outputs include a spatial gap analysis and a report on fisher motivations and targets.

Use Cases

• Quantifying offshore recreational fishing effort based on state charter-boat datasets mentioned in the description
• Mapping recreational fishing activity in Commonwealth waters based on the planned spatial data output
• Analyzing fisher motivations and target species within specific Australian Marine Parks based on the planned report output

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific 2018-2019 research project with defined outputs
• Targets key stakeholder data for managing Australian Marine Parks (AMPs)

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub project, aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Analysis of existing state-wide recreational fishing assessments and charter-boat datasets

Time Range

Project work conducted in 2018 and 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06 04 23:15:50.222892; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australian Commonwealth waters, specifically the Hunter, Ningaloo, and Perth Canyon Australian Marine Parks