{"id":4638,"date":"2019-11-19T23:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T12:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2020-02-06T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T19:39:38","slug":"5-million-recreational-fishers-empowered-by-mobile-app-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrfish.com.au\/2019\/11\/19\/5-million-recreational-fishers-empowered-by-mobile-app-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Million Recreational Fishers Empowered By Mobile App Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian Recreational Fishing Foundation (ARFF)<\/a>, the recognised national peak body for recreational fishing, recently launched a new initiative the Tackle Box project<\/a>. The Tackle Box project uses recreational fishing citizen science and digital approaches to optimise sustainability and engagement of recreational fishers in Commonwealth Marine Parks<\/a> on a national scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the first year of the project, ARFF intends to pilot the state-of-the-art digital platform in 14 fishing events located throughout the nation. A minimum of one event per state is planned in the next few months, tapping into existing fishing club tournaments. This could not be achieved without the unwavering support of the different state recreational fishing peak bodies and national associations throughout Australia paving the way for the Tackle Box project to communicate with fishing clubs on the frontline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first event was recently in Exmouth WA, the app handled the Exmouth Game Fishing Club\u2019s Billfish Bonanza. The event and smart phone app functioned very successfully and was well received by the tournament competitors. This was achieved in no small part by the support of the Exmouth Game Fishing Club and the Tackle Box team onsite overseeing the app tuition and education of the project. The first event collected hundreds of high-quality datasets which has the potential to improve future recreational fishing management within our marine estate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The amount of data the 40 recreational fishers produced from Billfish Bonanza tournament hosted by the Exmouth Game Fishing Club – EGFC<\/a> has been invaluable to the Tacklebox Project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The project in its current form has developed a smart phone app and management software which offers an array of tools to all recreational fishers of Australia, some of the key tools are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n