Print PageOutlook Online 2009
Impacts of fishing on the social, economic and cultural benefits of commercial marine tourism
Management Concern: Moderate
Adequacy of Information: Moderate
Summary extracts from Outlook Report 2009
- Tourism makes a significant contribution to the presentation, management and economic value of the Great Barrier Reef.
- Tourism activities are mainly focused on nature appreciation, especially of coral reef habitats. There is limited information about many species targeted by fishing and of the survival success of discarded species resulting in a poor understanding of the ecosystem effects of fishing.
What do we know?
Relevant pages from Outlook Online include:
- Contribution of tourism on the Great Barrier Reef to employment
- Direct plus indirect value added contributions of selected activities
- Contribution of the Great Barrier Reef to employment
- Tourism and recreation partnerships
- Ecocertification of Marine Park operators
- Contribution of EMC to Marine Park Management
- Visitor satisfaction with tourism visits
Existing policies and management actions
- Commercial fishing: total gross value product (GVP) versus primary licences per fishery for 2007
- Fisheries: legislative management arrangements
- Fisheries: other management tools
- Fisheries: information systems
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
- Implementation of World Trade Organisation (WTO) conditions and recommendations from the latest EPBC assessment: progress by fishery
- East coast fin fish fishery independent review
- Fish spawning aggregation protection
- Queensland Fisheries Strategy 2009-2014
- Queensland Fisheries policies and legislation
- Queensland Fisheries monitoring
- Queensland Management of Commercial Fisheries
- Queensland Management of Recreational Fisheries
- Policies and guidelines for managing tourism and recreational use
Future management requirements
- Biodiversity Strategy
- Overarching Great Barrier Reef Tourism Strategy
Defined research questions
- There are currently no defined research questions for this topic. Research questions will be developed, giving priority to interactions/issues that are of most concern to management.
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