Recreational fishers in Cairns are being urged to help strengthen local fish stock data by logging their catch in the Qld Fishing 2.0 app, as part of the Your Catch Counts campaign, helping build a clearer picture of local fish stocks.
The campaign, led by Fisheries Queensland, encourages fishers to record their trips using the app's My Fishing tool so the information can contribute to better understanding of fish numbers, and more informed management decisions.
One local who already logs his trips is Garry Smith. Now based in Cairns, he gets out to fish around 100 times a year, with a recent highlight of his fishing career being a personal best 94cm golden snapper caught while drift fishing.
"These days, I love to fish off the rock headlands north of Cairns, when there's calm weather for good fishing" he says.
