Recreational catch composition, catch rates, effort and expenditure in a specialised land-based pelagic game fish fishery

Morphometric relationships for four Scombridae fish species in Australian waters

“…The length‐weight relationship for T. tonggol was similar to those documented in other countries, with the b parameter (2.7716) falling between the wide range of values from India, Iran and Oman (2.43–3.00; see Abdussamad et al., ). The present study may represent a more reliable population estimate given a large overall sample size, excellent model fit ( r 2 = .9807) and exceptional sample coverage of large fish (>100 cm FL); a result of sampling the recreational fishery that targets trophy‐sized fish (Griffiths, ; Griffiths, Zischke, Tonks, Pepperell, & Tickell, )—that are less common in the catches of commercial fisheries in the aforementioned countries.…”

Catch and effort from a specialised recreational pelagic sport fishery off eastern Australia

“…To extend our survey design to include all other access points in the region, we would need to increase our total survey effort from 865 h to approximately 20,000 h. In addition, access point surveys exclude land-based fishers and fishers who launch from private access points, moorings and marinas, which may contribute significantly to the overall effort and catch in the fishery (Griffiths, 2012;Steffe, 1996). An expanded access-roving survey design may incorporate some of these missed strata (Pollock et al, 1994), but would add substantial cost and was not feasible in the current study.…”

“…These are important considerations for both stock assessment and ensuring equitable allocation of resources between the recreational and commercial sectors. Recent simulations have shown that stock assessment outcomes for individual species can be biased if either recreational data are not included where the age structure of the recreational and commercial catch differ, or if the recreational catch is equivalent to >10% of the commercial catch (Griffiths et al, 2010a).…”

“…Fishing practices and target species vary spatially and temporally although fishers generally target large pelagic species using rod and reel from large boats suitable for the offshore environment (Lowry et al, 2006;Steffe, 1996). In some areas, the EAC brings warm waters and pelagic fish within close proximity to the coastline, allowing fishers to target species from small vessels and even from the shore (Griffiths, 2012). In addition, fishers generally require specific knowledge, experience and specialised equipment to target, catch and handle large fish, with numerous fishing clubs, fishing tournaments and charter boat operations directly associated with this sport fishery (Pepperell, 2010).…”

First Central Mediterranean Scientific Field Study on Recreational Fishing Targeting the Ecosystem Approach to Sustainability

“…It is largely the domain of small-scale concerns operating in coastal areas (Morales-Nin et al, 2005) and involves 10% of the total fisheries production in the area. It principally involves hook and line angling (McPhee et al, 2002;Arlinghaus and Cooke, 2009) where specific methods are used by anglers to pursue selected species or else catch any available species through various means (Griffiths, 2012). RF may also involve activities offshore which focus mostly on deep water resources and big game fishing, typically carried out by fishers who can afford to purchase costly high-quality gear (Thrush et al, 1998;Font et al, 2012) which de facto increases fishing efficiency (Lloret et al, 2016).…”