Recreational Fisher Survey Results

In 2009, Fisheries Victoria conducted a survey of people who had purchased Recreational Fishing Licences on-line to seek information on six key topics including:

1. Educating and informing people about recreational fishing.
2. Repairing where fish live.
3. Increasing the number of fish for recreational fishers to catch.
4. Getting to fishing spots, finding fish and fishing facilities.
5. Studying recreational fish species and fishing.
6. Enforcing fishing rules.

More than 4,400 people participated in the survey.

Respondents were asked to rate how important they thought an activity was for improving fishing. The top three topics were:

1. Repairing where fish live.
2. Enforcing fishing rules.
3. Increasing the number of fish for recreational fishers to catch.

The survey results will be used to guide the advice to be provided by the new Recreational Fishing Grants Working Group that provides advice to Government on the expenditure of all recreational fishing licence revenue.

The results will also help to inform government consideration of future investments in improving opportunities for recreational fishing in Victoria.

View the full survey report