economic benefits to the State's population. The estimated number of recreational fishers
increased from 315,000 in 1989/90 (Lindner and McLeod 1991) to 752,000 in 2015/16
(Department of Fisheries 2016). The participation rate of Western Australian residents is
generally above the national average, with an estimated 26.6% of the population (aged 15
years or older) fishing in 1989/90 and 28.5%(aged 5 years or older) fishing in 2000/01 …