TY - JOUR
T1 - Compliance in recreational fisheries
T2 - Case study of two blue swimmer crab fisheries
AU - Lindley, Jade
AU - Quinn, Liam
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation on behalf of the Australian Government (2019-011: Optimising Compliance Outcomes in Recreational Fisheries).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Lindley, Quinn. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Comparing two Australian regions, Western Australia (WA) and South Australia (SA), this research investigates official noncompliance datasets of recreational blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) fishing between 2009 and 2019. These recreational fisheries in both jurisdictions are license-free and therefore participating fisher information is limited. Analyses provide a glimpse at the (noncompliant) fisher population profiles against the application of management strategies. The data provide (1) an evidence-base to optimize regulatory strategies by balancing education and enforcement activities with recreational fisher enjoyment. The results of this research enable application within and beyond these fisheries and jurisdictions; and (2) drawing from the criminology discipline, deterrence theory offers insight to enhance compliance tools. Further, it shows the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to assessing compliance and identifies some practical approaches to data collection that can be readily undertaken to assist with more detailed analysis and enhance compliance strategies.
AB - Comparing two Australian regions, Western Australia (WA) and South Australia (SA), this research investigates official noncompliance datasets of recreational blue swimmer crab (Portunus armatus) fishing between 2009 and 2019. These recreational fisheries in both jurisdictions are license-free and therefore participating fisher information is limited. Analyses provide a glimpse at the (noncompliant) fisher population profiles against the application of management strategies. The data provide (1) an evidence-base to optimize regulatory strategies by balancing education and enforcement activities with recreational fisher enjoyment. The results of this research enable application within and beyond these fisheries and jurisdictions; and (2) drawing from the criminology discipline, deterrence theory offers insight to enhance compliance tools. Further, it shows the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to assessing compliance and identifies some practical approaches to data collection that can be readily undertaken to assist with more detailed analysis and enhance compliance strategies.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0279600
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0279600
M3 - Article
C2 - 36608037
AN - SCOPUS:85145878167
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 18
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 1 January
M1 - e0279600
ER -