Australian National Recreational Fisheries Survey: Economic Data
By David Campbell, Laurie West, David McGlennon, Jeremy Lyle and Anne ColemanABSTRACT
The survey methodology is based on a nation wide random selection of households for which base data is collected. Those likely to participate in recreational fishing over the coming twelve months being interviewed over the twelve months of the survey by telephone using the Kewagama Research respondent facilitation diary methodology. The offsite survey is supported with on-site creel surveys throughout the duration of the survey to verify species identification by respondents.
Because the primary focus of the survey is the collection of biological and fishing data, it is not always possible to link economic data to a particular fishing activity, species or fishing site. The expenditure data is identified according to whether it is 'at home' or 'away from home', the economic zone in which the expenditure has occurred and the proportion of expenditure attributable to recreational fishing. The aim in limiting the economic data in this manner is to ensure data quality, reliability and robustness over the full range of the national survey. The economic and behavioural data being provided by the survey is important to the assessment and future use of fish, marine, coastal and inland fish and water resources on a regional and national basis.
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