Reviving the unique potential of recreational fishers as environmental stewards of aquatic ecosystems

Fish and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(2), P. 339 - 351

Published: Dec. 13, 2022

Abstract Recreational anglers have been key players in aquatic conservation, but this role is increasingly obscured. Other environmental sectors are now more visible stakeholders engaged with biodiversity. fishing has relevant and moral implications, these can be resolved via improved governance management. More difficult replacing the stewardship capacity provided by anglers. When analysed against a novel framework based on place identity, care, knowledge agency, we find that marginalizing could diminish biodiversity conservation. This outcome likely because excellence recreational involves habituation of skills ethical imperatives associated sustainable responsible use fish populations. These dimensions probably not so pertinent correspondingly less developed other nature stakeholders. Importantly, catching killing wild animals catapults into food web ecological conscience most outdoor activities cannot generate. As result, often engenders feelings care responsibility for systems support personal well‐being, bridging value‐action gap through development local assessment, management evaluative competencies agency. Transdisciplinary cooperation scientists, managers policymakers unleash potential engage their common good.

Language: Английский

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Stakeholder workshops on western Baltic cod fisheries–conflict and consensus in the face of a highly dynamic ecosystem

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 302, P. 110983 - 110983

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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What the Marine Strategy Framework Directive did and did not change for Chondrichthyes

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 176, P. 106637 - 106637

Published: Feb. 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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Angler and guide perceptions provide insights into the status and threats of the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) fishery

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 151, P. 105569 - 105569

Published: March 23, 2023

Language: Английский

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What you see isn’t always what you get: On how anglers’ fish stock perceptions are influenced by motivations, satisfaction and engagement

Fisheries Research, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 258, P. 106519 - 106519

Published: Nov. 3, 2022

Recreational anglers collectively spend a great amount of time on fishing activities. While being out fishing, these perceive various components aquatic ecosystems, allowing them to accumulate knowledge the ecological status system and fish they are targeting in it. Such fishers' (FEK) is increasingly recognized as valuable source information fisheries research management, but it has also been criticized for lack accuracy. People's perceptions their environment shaped by variety psychological environmental factors, same expected anglers' stocks resulting FEK. This study assessed perceived change salmon sea trout at Mörrum river Sweden, comparing year that first fished there present (2019). In addition, effects motivations fish, satisfaction with catches, engagement this fishery were examined. The majority respondents negative trend both species, even when reported total catches during lower than catches. Binomial regression models indicated significant influences stock perceptions. results emphasize importance understanding different individual angler characteristics collecting interpreting Moreover, fact longer history had more perception overall, regardless actual fishery, suggests occurrence shifting baseline syndrome recreational fisheries. Therefore, prevailing narrative trends its effect should be considered using

Language: Английский

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Community‐based monitoring, assessment and management of data‐limited inland fish stocks in North Rupununi, Guyana

Fisheries Management and Ecology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 30(2), P. 121 - 133

Published: Nov. 18, 2022

Abstract Inland fisheries are important for food security in communities around the world, especially developing countries. In North Rupununi, Guyana, state of exploited stocks is poorly understood, and fishery monitoring assessment challenging because diverse fishing gears target species distributed across a heterogeneous landscape. This complexity created an opportunity community‐based (CBM) to support data‐limited assessment. Standardised CBM was established Rupununi as part new inland management plan initiated by indigenous community groups with from government. Quantitative length‐based assessments undertaken suggested moderate levels exploitation consistent local perception. Our study highlights that experts participants different training can collect accurate biodiversity data. Further development Rupununi. We recommend using ecological knowledge indicators track spatial temporal patterns fish stock status.

Language: Английский

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Flexible local ecological knowledge surveillance indicators reveal long-term change in the Yangambi wildmeat system

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: June 13, 2024

Conservation and management in Indigenous hunting systems requires an understanding of social-ecological change. We present the Flexible Local Ecological Knowledge Surveillance Indicators (FLEKSI) framework, which uses standardized questionnaires to derive time series semi-quantitative LEK state indicators that can support ecosystem-based management. applied FLEKSI Weko territory Yangambi landscape, Democratic Republic Congo. The aim was capture local knowledge how wildmeat system has changed during living memory participating hunters. Most respondents believed larger target species have become less abundant more wary over last 30 years, while market grown. Perceived declines animal populations contrasted with view broader forest ecosystem remains relatively unchanged. descriptors indicator questions be readily tailored for a given system, potential general application data-limited fishing systems.

Language: Английский

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Uneven transmission of traditional knowledge and skills in a changing wildmeat system: Yangambi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Frontiers in Conservation Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: Oct. 13, 2023

Introduction Indigenous communities typically hold diverse traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of their social-ecological system. Much this is embodied as skills related to subsistence practices within a specific landscape and associated with community values norms. Ways knowing often reflect the different activities traditionally undertaken by men women. The incursion external forces, including urbanization, cash economy migration tends diminish transmission skills. Knowledge can be lost culturally significant environments degrade or species become extirpated. Lack opportunity develop feelings place identity, thus capacity for local environmental stewardship. Methods Yangambi region, Democratic Republic Congo hunting territory Turumbu ethnic group. We used questionnaires explore how levels wildmeat skill may have changed over time among Turumbu. Results responses showed lower self-reported women who started participate in last 10-15 years. This pattern partly reflects period ‘apprenticeship’ but also suggest diminished learning recent Skills cooking, smoking, selling persisted at higher level than curing disease gathering wild produce. There was much more marked men, diminishing reported around 35-40 years, even earlier medicine taboos. Questions about mentoring suggested that maintained pathways between mother daughter, while shift toward increased from uncles. Discussion Gender differences sharing TEK linked type remain valuable changing social, ecological, economic context. Men undertake capture elements hunting, deal processing, marketing, cooking. system has evolved strongly market-driven during lifetime our study participants. explain why market-based kills such food smoking endured longer hunter’s nature-based knowledge.

Language: Английский

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Riverine communities and management systems for anadromous fisheries in the Iberian Peninsula: global strategy, local realities

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 33(3), P. 875 - 892

Published: Nov. 14, 2022

Language: Английский

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Rapid approach for assessing an unregulated fishery using a series of data‐limited tools

Marine and Coastal Fisheries, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(5)

Published: Oct. 1, 2023

Abstract Objective Fisheries provide countless benefits to human populations but face many threats ranging from climate change overfishing. Despite these and an increase in fishing pressure globally, most stocks remain unassessed data limited. An abundance of data‐limited assessment methods exists, each has different requirements, caveats, limitations. Furthermore, developing informative model priors can be difficult when little is known about the stock, uncertain parameters could create misleading results stock status. Our research illustrates approach for rapidly creating robust initial assessments unregulated fisheries without need additional collection. Methods method uses stakeholder knowledge combined with a series tools identify appropriate method, conduct assessment, examine how uncertainty influences results. was applied fishery Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos Florida. Result Results suggested steady exploitation decline biomass over time, currently overfished undergoing These findings highlight management action prevent continued depletion. Conclusion help streamline process serves as tool combating facing global fisheries.

Language: Английский

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