4. Statewide recreational fishing survey

Maintaining quality recreational fishing experiences in Western Australia: A review of finfish management

This online submission process provides all persons with an interest in recreational fishing with an opportunity to comment on a number of proposals which are designed to safeguard the quality of recreational fishing in regional WA in light of ongoing changes in recreational fishing activity.

There are 18 questions in total relating to the proposals, plus an opportunity for you to provide comment at the end of the survey. The initial profile questions marked with an asterisk (*) must be completed in full. All other profile questions are optional, to be completed based on the relevance of the question to you.

Please note, if you are not already registered on this site, you must register first in order to make a submission. If you have already registered for a previous consultation on Talking Biosecurity or YourSay, then you are already registered and just need to log in.

Instructions for submission 

Before you provide feedback, please read the consultation paper – Maintaining quality recreational fishing experiences in Western Australia: A review of statewide finfish management (NOT including West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource proposed management package) - August 2022.

If you need more information before making a submission, you are encouraged to:

• Read the frequently asked questions on the consultation page. 
• Use the ‘ask a question’ section on the consultation hub to ask DPIRD a question. 

If you are having difficulties making a submission, please email wcdemersal@dpird.wa.gov.au

Submissions close at AWST 5pm, 30 September 2022.