Where do recreational fisheries sit in the Australian Fisheries Industry?

Who has a stake in fish stocks? FISH COMMERCIALAQUACULTURE COMMUNITY/ CONSERVATION INDIGENOUSRECREATIONAL

How is that stake defined? Commercial GVP $1.4 billion Aquaculture GVP $0.85 billion Recreational no GVP equivalent expenditure $2.2 billion Indigenous – customary fishing rights Conservation - no fishing areas

Can it be put another way? 4,600 jobs in commercial fishing, hunting and trapping 4,600 jobs in aquaculture 90,000 jobs in rec sector industries Unknown numbers for indigenous Unknown number for no fishing areas

Drivers and pressures Sustainability Environmental degradation No fishing areas Water extraction and use Competing fishing sectors Climate change

Key areas of resource allocation Allocation between utilisation and conservation Allocation between sectors

Recfishers and Conservation Allocation Recognition and engagement of recfishers as key affected stakeholders Acceptance that there is a loss to the sector – not just to recreational fishing businesses Sector “compensation” in the form of new fishing opportunities eg artificial reefs Increased use of zoning options that minimise impact to benthic communities eg trolling, no take away of fish

Resource allocation between sectors Sound data a prerequisite to resource allocation Sustainability must set total catch limits Initial allocations within total limits to sectors based on optimising benefit to community Changes in allocations between sectors based on commercial considerations

Levelling the playing field Bureaucratic and government recognition of impacts of no fishing areas on recfishers and their associated communities Improving ability of recfishers to take part in the process Improving data collection on recreational fisheries in disputed fisheries