Featured, Sustainability
Tackling Climate Change
A project funded under the National Recreational Fishing Industry Development Strategy has been investigating how climate change is likely to impact on recreational fishing in Australia and how we, as recreational fishers, should adapt to the impacts of climate change, and mitigate our contribution to climate change through changing practices.
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Recfishing Research’s priorities announced for 2014
The need to understand the benefits of recreational fishing was a key theme this year, including understanding the contribution that recreational fishing makes to the economy and employment market nationally, to the community through volunteering, and to social outcomes through enhancing the health and wellbeing of the Australian public. Recfishing Research will work with researchers, [...]
Featured, Statistics
Safety in Numbers
There is one main problem associated with trying to calculate the economic value of recreational fishing in Australia: how do you do it?
Featured, Sustainability
A plan for better fishing
A recent report published by the American Sportsfishing Association shows that American sportfishers are one of the biggest investors of any group in conservation initiatives to care for their waterways and fish stocks.
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Does it matter if fish lose their scales whilst being handled?
Understanding the scale of the problem: does it matter if fish lose their scales whilst being handled?
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Podcast
Do Golden Snapper that I release survive
Posted on 13 December 2012
Do Golden Snapper that I release survive [ 15:18 ] Play Now | Download Recfishing Research was lucky enough to join staff from Northern Territory Dept. of Resources on a recent field trip to Bynoe Harbour to tag Golden Snapper (Lutjanus johnii) as part of an ongoing monitoring program. Golden Snapper are widely distributed, inhabiting [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
How does the Fish Habitat Network benefit me as a recreational fisher
Posted on 14 November 2012
How does the Fish Habitat Network benefit me as a recreational fisher [ 19:05 ] Play Now | Download A lot of recreational fishers out there may not have heard of the Fish Habitat Network, which is a progressive group led by recreational fishers to help improve recreational fishing opportunities through restoring and enhancing fish [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
How do dams, road crossings and weirs affect my fishing?
Posted on 30 October 2012
How do dams, road crossings and weirs affect my fishing? [ 20:40 ] Play Now | Download Today we talk to Tim Marsden, Senior Researcher with the Queensland Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, to learn a bit about how dams and other barriers can impact on recreational fishing, and what can be done [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
Does habitat rehabilitation improve my fishing
Posted on 09 October 2012
Does habitat rehabilitation improve my fishing [ 17:22 ] Play Now | Download Today we are looking at fish Habitat rehabilitation, now you may think that it’s a doom and gloom story for our waterways but fact there are not only good stories but it’s amazing how with a little effort fisherman can make an [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
Maximising the survival of released fish
Posted on 09 October 2012
Fishing For Answers 1 – Maximising the chances of survival of released fish [ 23:14 ] Play Now | Download There are a number of things you can do to help ensure the fish you catch have the best chance of survival after release, in this podcast we talk to Bill Sawynok and get some [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
ABC Interview on Tilapia in Nth Qld
Posted on 09 October 2012
Standard Podcast [ 7:21 ] Play Now | Download Tilapia are an invasive species that can cause major problems for local species, This ABC Regional interview from 2009 with Geoff McPherson helps to explain the problems Tilapia create. Continue Reading
News
Expressions of Interest sought for Recfishing Research Steering Committee membership
Posted on 06 May 2013
We are calling for Expressions of Interest from people with suitable skills and experience to be considered for a position on Recfishing Research’s steering committee for a period of two years. Positions are voluntary appointments which give members an opportunity to contribute to the future of fishing in Australia through helping to enhance outcomes achieved [...] Continue Reading
News, Statistics
What price to put on happiness?
Posted on 12 April 2013
A project funded through the National Recreational Fishing Industry Development Strategy has developed an issues paper which discusses different methods for estimating the economic value of the recreational fishing sector in Australia. The paper considers the range of different purposes that economic value information might be used for, which informs the techniques that are suitable. [...] Continue Reading
News
National Code of Practice
Posted on 14 November 2012
Many Australians love fishing. More than 3.5 million Australians fish annually for recreation and sport. This means about one in every five Australians enjoy fishing and half of all Australian households own fishing tackle. However, with the enjoyment of a natural resource comes responsibility for its sustainability and well being. This National Code of Practice [...] Continue Reading
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National Recreational Fishing Conference 2012
Posted on 28 September 2012
“National Recreational Fishing Conference 2012″, published in Escape With ET Recreational fishing in Australia has changed a lot over the years. It’s not enough to just know a lot about catching fish these days. We’re constantly bombarded by a flurry of information, issues, and politics which impact on our sport, and our enjoyment of it. Climate [...] Continue Reading
News, Sustainability
Sending fish back to school
Posted on 28 September 2012
“Sending Fish Back to School”, published in Escape With ET For as long as people have been releasing fish into waterways, we have also been wondering whether it makes a difference. Do these fish survive? And do they enhance our fisheries, or do they just become an expensive snack for resident fish and birds? Continue Reading
Enhancing, News
Murray Cod – A numbers game
Posted on 19 September 2012
Angler surveys are helping researchers to better understand if current management strategies will ensure the sustainability of Murray Cod. Recreational fi shers have provided vital information to help researchers understand the impact of harvest, catch and post-release survival rates on Murray Cod fi sh populations in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB). The results indicate Murray Cod [...] Continue Reading
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Collaboration is the key to better Murray Cod fishing
Posted on 19 September 2012
A partnership between researchers, anglers, river managers and government representatives has been established to secure the future of the iconic Murray Cod fish for both conservation and recreational fishing. Declines in the population of Murray Cod have led to its listing as a nationally threatened native fish species. Continue Reading
Enhancing, Featured, News
Cool for Cats
Posted on 19 September 2012
At first glance, such high release rates appear positive in terms of conserving stocks, but until very recently the required assumption of few negative impacts to released fish had not been scientifically tested. Continue Reading
