Illegal recreational fishing causes a decline in a fishery targeted species (Snapper: Chrysophrys auratus) within a remote no-take marine protected area

• David Harasti ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: david.harasti@dpi.nsw.gov.au

  Affiliation Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2851-9838

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• Tom R. Davis,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia

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• Alan Jordan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia

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• Luke Erskine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia

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• Natalie Moltschaniwskyj

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia

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