Recreational fishing is popular in Australia and is managed by individual states in consultation with the Commonwealth for those fisheries that they regulate and also for Australian Marine Parks (AMPs). Fishers regularly access both state and offshore Commonwealth waters but this offshore component of the recreational fishery is poorly understood. Our study tested the functionality of existing state-based surveys in Western Australia (WA) and New South Wales (NSW) to better inform Commonwealth fisheries and AMP managers about recreational fishing in their jurisdictions. Catch estimates for nine species of interest to the Commonwealth were developed and two case study AMPs [Ningaloo (WA) and The Hunter (NSW)] were also chosen to test the ability of the state survey data to be disaggregated to the park scale. As each state’s fishery survey designs were contextual to their own management needs, the application of the data to Commonwealth jurisdictions were limited by their statistical power, however aspects of each states surveys still provided useful information. Continued evolution of state-wide survey methods, including collection of precise spatial data, and regional over-sampling would be beneficial, particularly where there are multiple stakeholder and jurisdictional interests. National coordination, to temporally align state surveys, would also add value to the existing approaches.

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澳大利亚近海休闲渔业研究的跨大陆规模比较及其在海洋公园和渔业管理中的应用

娱乐性捕鱼在澳大利亚很受欢迎，由各个州与联邦进行协商，由其管理的渔业以及澳大利亚海洋公园（AMPs）对其进行管理。渔民经常进入州和近海的英联邦水域，但是人们对休闲渔业的近海部分了解甚少。我们的研究测试了西澳大利亚州（WA）和新南威尔士州（NSW）现有的基于州的调查的功能，以更好地向英联邦渔业和AMP经理告知其辖区内的休闲捕鱼。制定了对英联邦感兴趣的9个物种的捕捞量估算，并选择了两个案例研究AMPs [Ningaloo（WA）和Hunter（NSW）]，以测试将州调查数据分解为公园规模的能力。由于每个州的渔业调查设计都取决于其自身的管理需求，因此数据在英联邦辖区的应用受到其统计能力的限制，但是每个州的调查内容仍然提供了有用的信息。继续发展全州范围的调查方法，包括收集精确的空间数据，以及进行区域过度采样，将是有益的，特别是在利益相关者和司法管辖区利益多重的情况下。国家协调，以使各州的调查在时间上保持一致，这也将增加现有方法的价值。包括收集精确的空间数据，以及区域过度采样将是有益的，尤其是在利益相关者和司法管辖区利益多重的情况下。国家协调，以使各州的调查在时间上保持一致，这也将增加现有方法的价值。包括收集精确的空间数据，以及区域过度采样将是有益的，尤其是在利益相关者和司法管辖区利益多重的情况下。国家协调，以使各州的调查在时间上保持一致，这也将增加现有方法的价值。