Popular media records reveal multi-decadal trends in recreational fishing catch rates

• Ruth H. Thurstan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: r.thurstan@deakin.edu.au

  Affiliations School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8045-1631

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• Edward Game,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Science, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Biodiversity and Conservation Science Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

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• John M. Pandolfi

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

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