Assessment of recreational fishing in NSW is conducted via the Recreational Fisheries Monitoring Program (RFMP), which undertakes surveys of recreational fishers every 2 years via a telephone-diary survey, as well as monitoring the NSW charter boat fleet.
The 2023-24 telephone-diary survey is about to commence, and aims to find out who goes fishing, how often, where they fish and what they catch. This information will provide indicators that measure how the recreational fishery is performing, and helps inform management and assessment of recreational fisheries.
The success of this work relies heavily on the cooperation of the recreational fishing community in the telephone survey. So, whether you fish a lot or only occasionally, please help out if you are contacted to participate in the survey. Importantly, all research is conducted on a completely voluntary, and confidential basis.
For more information about the RFMP, and to see the outcomes of previous surveys, please visit https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/rfmp
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