Module 2

The empowered fisherwoman

This module is foundational and covers concepts and language terms that underpin all other modules. You can skip this one and go straight to the assessment quiz if you like… but why would you? There’s so much interesting info packed in here.

Overview

Get ready for a trip back in time! In this module, we cast backwards to explore the role women have played in the history of recreational fishing, including an intriguing investigation into the impact of the rise of feminism in Australia. We’ll review anecdotes about how taking up fishing as a pastime can change a womans life, and discuss whether this influences a shift in what motivates women to take up fishing, compared with traditional male drivers. And to round out this inspirational module, we will theorise the potential impacts of having a more engaged female cohort on the future of recreational fishing in Australia.

Duration

8 hours 30 minutes

Testing

  • Assessment by randomised quiz
  • Reflective worksheet upload.
  • Short online survey

Resources

You will need a fresh printout of your Reflective Worksheet. If you have not kept a copy on your computer, you can download a new one here.

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You will need:

  • Your device
  • Headphones
    (if preferred)
  • Access to a printer
  • A pen, pencil, or texta

MODULE CONTRIBUTORS

Jo Starling

FOUNDER, Women’s Recreational Fishing League

welcome to module 2

Introduction

units of study

Here’s what you will learn

A brief history of women in recreational fishing

Broad overview of the historical role of women in recreational fishing, the impacts of the rise of feminism on fishing in Australia and the way forward.

How fishing builds your self-reliance

Investigate and identify holistic impacts of practical recreational fishing skills in a woman’s life.

Understand female drivers for learning to fish that might vary from those of men.

Women and the future of
recreational fishing

Theorise the potential impacts of more engaged female participation in all levels of recreational fishing.

BEGIN

resources

Self-Reflection Worksheet

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Additional Research Material

Women and the Wilderness; a Review of Barriers to Participation, Current Coping Strategies, and Guidance for Future Programs

Aboriginal Women’s Fishing in New South Wales

A Fisherwoman of Warrane

Women and Saltwater Country — Fishing

‘A Rod of Her Own’— Women and Angling in Victorian North America.

Slim Female Records The Same Old Story’: Newspapers, Gender and Recreational Fishing in Australia, 1957–2000

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & GRATITUDE

This course is supported by funding from the FRDC (Project ID 2022/033) on behalf of the Australian Government.

For more information on the full team behind this project, please click here.

The Women’s Recreational Fishing League acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live, work and fish on across Australia.
We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.