Social and Economic Evaluation of NSW Coastal Commercial Wild-Catch Fisheries

Project Member(s): Barclay, K.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Fisheries Research and Development Corporation RDC (Fisheries Research and Development Corporation - Annual Open Call Funding Round RDC)
Professional Fishermen's Association Inc (Professional Fishermen's Association Partnership)

Start year: 2014

Summary: The project will cover ten fishing ports in NSW. The social part of the methodology will utilize data from a desk review, ethnography in six port areas, and a survey of professional fishermen. It will contribute to project objectives on history and operations, demography and analysis of social contributions. The economic part of the methodology will utilize cost and income data from the survey, regional catch and price data from co-ops and non-co-op sales, the Sydney Fish Market, NSW Department of Primary Industries, and other data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It will contribute to project objectives on demography and analysis of economic linkages and contributions.

Keywords: social impact, economic impact, commercial fisheries, interdisciplinary evaluation

FOR Codes: Fisheries Management, Wild Caught Fin Fish (excl. Tuna)

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.