Appendix E - Summary of responses to the survey of recreational anglers

Table E.1: Summary of responses to the 2012 survey of recreational SBT anglers in Portland

  ANGLERS IN CHARTER BOATS ANGLERS IN PRIVATE BOATS TOTAL SAMPLE
  mean st dev counts YES % of Anglers in charter boats mean st dev counts YES % of Anglers in charter boats mean st dev counts YES % of Anglers in charter boats
SC1. May I ask if you are here today for recreational fishing?    167 100%    330 100%    497 100%
SC2. Are you targeting Southern Bluefin Tuna?    144 86%    241 73%    385 77%
SC3. Are you over 15?    167 100%    330 100%    497 100%
Q1. Do you live in Portland or are you visiting?    167 100%    304 92%    471 95%
A2. Can I confirm your postcode is 3305?    0 0%    26 8%    26 5%
B1. What is your postcode?    n/a     n/a     n/a  
B1a. In what town or suburb do you live?    n/a     n/a     n/a  
Distance travelled (Own calculation using GIS, also refer to Figure C.1) 326.4 166.0   273.6 164.2   291.2 166.5   
B2. How did you travel to Portland? - Your own car    85 51%    185 56%    270 54%
B2. How did you travel to Portland? - Someone else's private vehicle    77 46%    119 36%    196 39%
B2. How did you travel to Portland? – Air    2 1.2%    2 0.6%    4 0.8%
B2. How did you travel to Portland? – Bus    4 2.4%    0 0.0%    4 0.8%
B2. How did you travel to Portland? – Train    1 0.6%    0 0.0%    1 0.2%
B2. How did you travel to Portland? – Other    2 1.2%    1 0.3%    3 0.6%
B3. Is your trip to Portland organised solely for fishing?    162 97%    280 85%    442 89%
B4. How many days do you plan to fish this trip? (a day trip is used for residents in Portland) 1.4 0.7    2.4 2.3    2.1 2.0   
B5. Are you on this trip to Portland alone or are you accompanied? (YES for accompanied)    158 95%    294 89%    452 91%
B5a. How many people are accompanying you on this trip? (total nr of people in the trip, includes the angler himself) 5.0 3.0    3.4 2.4    3.9 2.7   
C1. How many days do you plan to fish in Portland during the 2012 Southern Bluefin Tuna season? 2.2 2.1    8.1 8.7    6.1 7.7   
C1a. How many days would you spend fishing in any other destination in Australia in 2012? 15.1 24.3    15.9 21.1    15.6 22.2   
Total fishing days (Own calculation: C1+C1a) 17.4 24.4   24.0 23.6   21.7 24.1   
C2. Would you be fishing in Portland if there were NO Southern Bluefin Tuna?    99 20%    178 36%    277 56%
C3. Would you be fishing in Portland if there were LESS Southern Bluefin Tuna?    124 25%    255 51%    379 76%
C4. Today are you fishing alone or with others? (YES for with others)    159 95%    309 94%    468 94%
C4a. How many other people are fishing with you today? (total number of anglers, including the person surveyed himself) 4.9 2.8    3.2 1.4    3.8 2.1   
C5. About how many hours today will / have you spent fishing? 7.1 1.7    6.3 2.2    6.5 2.1   
C6. Do you catch or catch to keep or both? - Catch and release    133 80%    284 86%    417 84%
C6. Do you catch or catch to keep or both? - Catch to keep    162 97%    324 98%    486 98%
C7. Number of Southern Bluefin Tuna - Catch and release 1.7 2.3    1.6 2.7    1.6 2.6   
C7. Number of Southern Bluefin Tuna - Catch to keep 1.4 0.8    1.4 1.8    1.4 1.5   
C7. Number of other species - Catch and release 0.1 0.4    0.2 2.3    0.2 1.9   
C7. Number of other species - Catch to keep 0.3 0.8    1.7 4.6    1.3 3.9   
C8. Are you using a private or charter boat or other? (YES for Private)    0 0%    330 100%    330 66%
D1. Do you have any FIXED ANNUAL costs associated with your fishing activities?    82 49%    227 69%    309 62%
D1a. How much of these expenses would be for a boat 1161.9 1537.9    1328.5 1291.0    1284.1 1360.5   
D1c_1. Other item 1    42 25%    71 22%    113 23%
D1c_1C. Cost item 1 280.4 899.1    619.8 1585.9    500.0 1387.5   
D1c_2. Other item 2    7 4%    10 3%    17 3%
D1c_2C. Cost item 2 170.4 241.9    761.9 1623.0    550.6 1313.6   
D1c_3. Other item 3    2 1%    3 1%    5 1%
D1C_3c. Cost item 3 100.0 0    75.0 35.4    83.3 28.9   
Total annual fixed costs (own calculation: sum of D1a to D1c items) 629.7 1423.6   1042.9 1645.5   904.1 1585.1   
Annual fixed costs per fishing day. Own calculation:
sum of D1a to D1c items /(C1a+C1) 		85.5 353.2   80.6 151.9   82.3 238.9   
Annual fixed costs per angler fishing day. Own calculation:
Annual fixed costs per day/C4a 		22.6 93.5   21.3 40.2   21.8 63.2   
D2. Expenditure – Boat charter fees 346.0 221.8    0.0 0.0    116.7 208.2   
D2. Expenditure – Equipment hiring 0.0 0.0    1.1 16.8    0.7 13.7   
D2. Expenditure – Fuel for boat 1.2 15.5    233.3 238.2    155.3 223.1   
D2. Expenditure – Tackle 19.4 162.2    160.8 393.3    113.5 340.8   
D2. Expenditure – Bait 0.8 5.0    13.2 40.1    9.1 33.4   
D2. Expenditure – Fuel for motor vehicle transport 90.7 73.5    148.2 111.0    128.9 103.6   
D2. Expenditure – Other transport costs 8.0 48.8    2.8 25.7    4.5 35.2   
D2. Expenditure – Accommodation 109.5 140.7    175.5 283.8    153.4 247.0   
D2. Expenditure – Food & drink from restaurants, hotels, clubs, takeaway outlets and related 89.1 102.5    115.1 124.8    106.4 118.3   
D2. Expenditure – Food bought at a shop/supermarket 40.0 41.8    67.5 92.7    58.3 80.4   
D2. Expenditure – Drinks bought at a shop/supermarket 31.0 43.5    43.9 55.2    39.5 51.9   
Total variable costs per fishing day (Own calculation: sum over D2 items - before accounting for multipurpose trips) 562.0 316.0   411.0 301.0   461.8 314.0   
D2O. Any others    18 11%    20 6%    38 8%
D2_1C. Cost 1 76.1 110.2    86.8 115.9    93.2 115.1   
D2_2C. Cost 2 80.0 0        80.0 0   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Boat charter fees 99.4 7.7    92.7 26.0    95.0 21.9   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Equipment hiring 97.0 17.1    92.7 26.0    94.2 23.5   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Fuel for boat 97.0 17.1    99.5 5.8    98.7 11.0   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Tackle 97.0 17.1    96.7 18.0    96.8 17.7   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Bait 97.0 17.1    94.2 23.3    95.2 21.5   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Fuel for motor vehicle transport 98.2 12.1    98.6 9.3    98.4 10.3   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Other transport costs 97.3 17.1    93.0 25.5    94.4 23.1   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Accommodation 98.3 11.7    96.2 18.1    96.9 16.3   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Food & drink from restaurants, hotels, clubs, takeaway outlets and related 98.6 9.6    97.7 13.5    98.0 12.3   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Food bought at a shop/supermarket 98.2 12.1    97.8 12.6    97.9 12.4   
D3. Share of expenditure related to fishing - Drinks bought at a shop/supermarket 99.1 8.6    96.9 16.1    97.6 14.1   
D3. FINAL Charter fees per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 263.5 140.7    0.0 0.0    88.5 148.8   
D3. FINAL Equipment hiring per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.0 0.0    0.4 5.1    0.3 4.2   
D3. FINAL Fuel for boat per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.2 2.6    41.5 50.2    27.6 45.3   
D3. FINAL Tackle per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 10.7 71.3    65.9 140.5    47.3 124.4   
D3. FINAL Bait per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.7 4.6    6.4 23.4    4.5 19.5   
D3. FINAL Fuel for motor vehicle transport per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 20.6 22.8    25.2 26.9    23.7 25.7   
D3. FINAL Other transport costs per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 4.8 37.2    0.6 6.7    2.0 22.3   
D3. FINAL Accommodation per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 85.5 132.1    60.9 70.1    69.2 96.1   
D3. FINAL Food & drink from restaurants, hotels, clubs, takeaway outlets per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 60.6 53.9    48.1 49.6    52.3 51.3   
D3. FINAL Food bought at a shop/supermarket per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 30.6 34.5    26.6 30.4    27.9 31.9   
D3. FINAL Drinks bought at a shop/supermarket per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 23.1 32.3    17.6 20.2    19.4 25.0   
D3_1. FINAL Other 1 fishing cost per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0   
D3_1. FINAL Other 1 travel cost per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0   
D2_3. FINAL Other 2 fishing cost per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0   
D2_3. FINAL Other 2 travel cost per angler fishing day (after factoring in shares) 0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0    0.0 0.0   
Charter boat fees per angler fishing day (as previously reported) 263.5 140.7   0.0 0.0   88.5 148.8   
Total fishing related expenditure after accounting for multipurpose trips (own calculations: sum of Final D3 FINAL fishing related items) 15.9 81.9   114.8 165.6   81.6 150.4   
Total travel related expenditure after accounting for multipurpose trips (own calculations: sum of Final D3 FINAL travel related items) 228.9 192.2   180.6 134.5   196.8 157.7   
D4a. Which of the following would you prefer? (YES for 'Access the SBT fishery with a fixed secured quota for recreational purposes' against 'Continue accessing the SBT fishery as it is, unsecured with a probability that catches would decline over time')    27 16%    80 24%    383 77%
D4b. Would you be willing to pay for a one-off right to secure your recreational fishing experience that is currently available in the SBT fishery?    90 54%    133 40%    223 45%
D4b_P. Payment value 96.9 130.7    94.8 119.5    95.6 123.9   
D4c. If the costs of your trip increased by 10% would you still be planning to come to Portland for recreational fishing?    147 88%    277 84%    424 85%
D4d. If the costs of your trip increased by 20% would you still be planning to come to Portland for recreational fishing?    94 56%    167 51%    261 53%
D4e. If the costs of your trip increased by 50% would you still be planning to come to Portland for recreational fishing?    25 15%    66 20%    91 18%
Additional Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) per fishing day (own calculation based on maximum WTP and total travel costs) 102.63 108.6   59.62 79.2   74.07 92.3   
D5a. How many more kilometres would you be willing to travel if the Tuna weren't coming to Portland and instead were being caught off a different port? 793.2 1105.0    544.7 643.3    636.3 837.7   
Additional travel costs (own calculation based on additional travel distance and assuming car travel costs of $0.25 per km with return trip) per angler fishing day 99.60 189.4   59.69 108.3   73.15 142.1   
D5b. Can you name a series of alternate fishing locations you might go to? (if no distance provided in D5a)    0 0%    0 0%    0 0%
D5b_A. Alternate fishing locations    n/a n/a    n/a n/a    n/a n/a
E1. Are you part of a fishing club or association?    15 9%    83 25%    98 20%
E2. What type of fishing licence do you have? (YES for 3 yearly)    67 40%    198 60%    265 53%
E3. Where did you buy your fishing licence? (YES for 'Directly in Portland')    11 7%    52 16%    63 13%
E4. And when did you buy it? (YES for Today)    7 4%    9 3%    16 3%

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