Luring anglers to enhance fisheries

Current fisheries management is, unfortunately, reactive rather than proactive to changes in fishery characteristics. Furthermore, anglers do not act independently on waterbodies, and thus, fisheries are complex socio-ecological systems. Proactive management of these complex systems necessitates an ...

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Published in:Journal of environmental management 2011-05, Vol.92 (5), p.1409-1413
Main Authors: Martin, Dustin R., Pope, Kevin L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptive management
Angler participation
Animals
Assessments
Complex systems
Conservation of Natural Resources
Data Collection
Decision Making
Environment
Fish
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing
Humans
Learning
Management
Management techniques
Managing anglers
Natural resource management
Natural resources
Population Dynamics
Recreation
Regional-fishery management
Resource management
Strategic planning
Strategy
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Summary:Current fisheries management is, unfortunately, reactive rather than proactive to changes in fishery characteristics. Furthermore, anglers do not act independently on waterbodies, and thus, fisheries are complex socio-ecological systems. Proactive management of these complex systems necessitates an approach—adaptive fisheries management—that allows learning to occur simultaneously with management. A promising area for implementation of adaptive fisheries management is the study of luring anglers to or from specific waterbodies to meet management goals. Purposeful manipulation of anglers, and its associated field of study, is nonexistent in past management. Evaluation of different management practices (i.e., hypotheses) through an iterative adaptive management process should include both a biological and sociological survey to address changes in fish populations and changes in angler satisfaction related to changes in management. We believe adaptive management is ideal for development and assessment of management strategies targeted at angler participation. Moreover these concepts and understandings should be applicable to other natural resource users such as hunters and hikers.
ISSN:0301-4797
1095-8630
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.002