Individual outcomes matter in the context of responsible and sustainable catch-and-release practices in recreational fisheries and their management

Fisheries, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 5, 2025

Abstract Recreational anglers often engage in catch-and-release (C&R) whereby some of their catch is returned to the water (either comply with harvest regulations or voluntarily) assumption that fish will survive and experience negligible impacts. Despite C&R usually harmless and, thus, helps reduce overall fishing mortality, a large evidence base shows proportion released not survive. Even if event lethal, each individual sublethal impact (e.g., injury stress). There debate within recreational fisheries science management community regarding extent which impacts even mortality matter, given efforts focus on whether excessive affects population size quality angling. Here, we embrace perspective individual-level outcomes matter context responsible sustainable management. We outline 10 reasons why there need account for generate resilient under changing climate face other ongoing, increasing, future threats stressors. Fostering better handling practices behaviors angling through education improve interactions between people while ensuring more successful releases ecological benefits across fisheries. acknowledge cultural norms values underpin ethical perspectives, vary among individuals, regions rural vs. urban), geopolitical jurisdictions, these can dictate angler behavior objectives as well how are perceived. Our complements parallel paper (see Corsi et al., 2025) argues do unless they create population-level Creating forum discussing reflecting alternative viewpoints intended help identify common ground where opportunity work collectively ensure managed responsibly sustainably.

Language: Английский

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Technological innovations in the recreational fishing sector: implications for fisheries management and policy

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 31(2), P. 253 - 288

Published: Feb. 23, 2021

Technology that is developed for or adopted by the recreational fisheries sector (e.g., anglers and fishing industry) has led to rapid dramatic changes in how interact with resources. From improvements finding catching fish emulating their natural prey accessing previously inaccessible waters, sharing exploits others, technology completely changing all aspects of fishing. These innovations would superficially be viewed as positive from perspective angler (aside financial cost purchasing some technologies), yet manager policy maker, may create unintended challenges lead reactionary even ill-defined approaches they attempt keep up these changes. The goal this paper consider are way fish, thus management undertaken. We use a combination structured reviews expert analyses combined descriptive case studies highlight many ways influencing practice, and, relatedly, what it means and/or technologies need managed—from capture, handling, share information each other managers. Given continually evolving, we hope examples provided here more better monitoring technological engagement authorities sector. Doing so will ensure actions related emerging evolving proactive than reactive.

Language: Английский

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Preparing for a changing future in recreational fisheries: 100 research questions for global consideration emerging from a horizon scan

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 30(1), P. 137 - 151

Published: Feb. 15, 2020

Language: Английский

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What constitutes effective governance of recreational fisheries?—A global review

Fish and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 21(1), P. 91 - 103

Published: Nov. 21, 2019

Abstract The effectiveness of recreational fisheries governance has been mixed, with some countries boasting good practices that sustain productive fisheries, while others lack any policies and structures specific to fisheries. Here, we identify what constitutes effective by carrying out: (a) a desktop review 227 country‐specific legislation, strategies; (b) follow‐up questionnaire‐based survey covering 57 contacts in 29 selected countries. Our results show fishing is referred the main legislation 67% reviewed, only 86 these 152 provide definition for either “recreational” or “sport” not always legislation. Recreational are considered be effectively managed many countries, less than quarter respondents claiming management their country effective. Furthermore, efficacy, including compliance regulations, was greater industrial small‐scale sectors most From our findings, it appears requires explicit acknowledgement clear legal Policy, well‐developed Policy statement, extensive co‐management processes, clearly defined biological, economic social monitoring efficient transparent cost recovery mechanisms. To ensure adaptation rapidly changing conditions, policy should recognize all fishery proactively incorporate adaptive planning contingency plans secure diverse values resources users.

Language: Английский

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Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by recreational anglers: considerations for developing more resilient and sustainable fisheries

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(4), P. 1095 - 1111

Published: May 30, 2023

Abstract The global COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many jurisdictions implementing orders restricting the movements of people to inhibit virus transmission, with recreational angling often either not permitted or access fisheries and/or related infrastructure being prevented. Following lifting restrictions, initial angler surveys and licence sales suggested increased participation effort, altered demographics, but evidence remaining limited. Here, we overcome this gap by identifying temporal changes interest, sales, effort world regions comparing data ‘pre-pandemic’ (up including 2019); ‘acute pandemic’ (2020) ‘COVID-acclimated’ (2021) periods. We then identified how can inform development more resilient sustainable fisheries. Interest (measured here as angling-related internet search term volumes) substantially all during 2020. Patterns revealed marked increases some countries 2020 others. Where increased, was rarely sustained 2021; where there were declines, these fewer tourist anglers due movement restrictions. Data from most indicated a younger demographic who participated 2020, urban areas, 2021. These short-lived indicate efforts retain could increase overall levels, target education appropriate practices create opportunities. would provide greater resilience cope future crises, facilitating ability opportunities periods high societal stress.

Language: Английский

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Marine recreational fisheries — current state and future opportunities

ICES Journal of Marine Science, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 77(6), P. 2171 - 2180

Published: Sept. 29, 2020

Abstract Marine recreational fisheries (MRF) have important social and economic benefits, but can impact fish stocks the environment. The diverse dispersed nature of these makes them challenging to study; a lack data has made it more difficult include in management varied motivations fishers their response measures hard predict. Research into MRF is growing rapidly, so this themed article set aims bring together research highlight current evidence base identify future opportunities. New survey methods were presented alongside analyses existing data, which highlighted issues with methods, reconstruction missing factors influencing catch effort. manuscripts demonstrated biological impacts MRF, its self-subsidizing was recognized. Novel approaches for management, including improving compliance, identified. Finally, funding highlighted. Key gaps are: governance that embeds management; integration novel traditional surveys; risk-based impacts; understanding welfare; balances economic, social, allows allocation between sectors; benefits on compliance.

Language: Английский

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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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New directions for Indigenous and local knowledge research and application in fisheries science: Lessons from a systematic review

Fish and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(4), P. 647 - 671

Published: April 22, 2024

Abstract Social‐ecological systems like fisheries provide food, livelihoods and recreation. However, lack of data its integration into governance hinders their conservation management. Stakeholders possess site‐specific knowledge crucial for confronting these challenges. There is increasing recognition that Indigenous local (ILK) valuable, but structural differences between ILK quantitative archetypes have stalled the assimilation management, despite acknowledged bias uncertainty in scientific methods. Conducting a systematic review fisheries‐associated research ( n = 397 articles), we examined how accessed, applied, distributed across space species, has evolved. We show generated qualitative, semi‐quantitative information diverse taxa 98 countries. Fisheries‐associated mostly targets small‐scale artisanal fishers (70% studies) typically uses semi‐structured interviews (60%). revealed large variability sample size 4–7638), predicted by approach employed (i.e. qualitative studies target smaller groups). Using thematic categorisation, scientists are still exploring techniques, or ‘validating’ through comparisons with (20%), recording what understand (40%). A few researchers applying social science methods to derive trends abundance, catch effort. Such approaches facilitate insight management fall short accepting as valid complementary way knowing about systems. This synthesis reveals development increased opportunities needed bridge data.

Language: Английский

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Management of Fishes and Fisheries in Estuaries

Published: Feb. 18, 2022

Language: Английский

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Preparing recreational fisheries for the uncertain future: An update of progress towards answering the 100 most pressing research questions

Fisheries Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 263, P. 106662 - 106662

Published: March 3, 2023

Language: Английский

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