{"product_id":"recreational-only-fishing-areas-von-renae-tobin","title":"Recreational Only Fishing Areas","description":"\u003cp\u003eAllocation of fisheries resources to recreational  fishers via Recreational Only Fishing Areas (ROFAs)  is becoming increasingly common in all developed  countries, particularly in coastal areas. ROFAs are  often introduced with the expectation that such  action will segregate competing recreational and  commercial fishers (by excluding commercial fishers)  and thus resolve apparent conflict over previously  shared fisheries resources. ROFAs also have the  expected benefit of improving recreational catch  quality for previously shared species. Whether these  benefits are realised, however, is unknown because  little monitoring of outcomes occurs post-ROFA  implementation. Using questionnaires of recreational  and commercial fishers and collection of fishery- dependent and fishery-independent recreational catch  data, this study investigated the outcomes of ROFAs  in estuaries of north Queensland, Australia.  Overall, results of this project suggest current  estuarine ROFAs in north Queensland are not  resulting in the expected benefits: i.e. they are  not reducing conflict between recreational and  commercial fishers or resulting in improved  recreational catches of barramundi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838329116\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHave they reduced conflict and improved recreational catches in North Queensland, Australia?\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838329116","offer_id":39499031904349,"sku":"9783838329116","price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/a2d91a34-d0b4-48d3-83c4-bae632fb27e6.jpg?v=1757827788","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/recreational-only-fishing-areas-von-renae-tobin","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}