SYNTHESEAS: Datasets supporting the cultural Ecosystem Service Value Chain of recreational fishing to households

The SEABORNE (Sustainable UsE And Benefits fOR mariNE) project has consolidated and synthesised existing information about who is using the Reef, how it is being used and what the benefits are from this use. SEABORNE began in November 2021, and initially, we were provided with a list of potential datasets relevant to our project in a spreadsheet. To this, we continued to search various data portals online and find additional datasets and literature relevant to our project, particularly focusing on the Great Barrier Reef.
There are a number of peer-reviewed studies that provide data on the use value of non-fishing recreation activities in the GBR. Values tend to be articulated as willingness to pay (WTP) and/or consumer surplus (CS) which have been determined through travel cost (revealed preference) and/or contingent benefit (stated preference) focussed studies.