What New Zealanders think about marine recreational fishing
Date
2004
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Opinions run hot on the future management of New Zealand’s marine recreational fisheries. There is much at stake. Recreational fishers spend about one billion dollars a year targeting the
five most commonly caught marine species. Recreational catches can be as much as ten times
commercial harvests for some species. However, little is known about participation in the
recreational marine fishery, or what New Zealanders think about the state of the fishery. A March
2002 survey of 2000 randomly chosen New Zealanders, undertaken by a team of Lincoln
University researchers, provides some insights.
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