Journal
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND ECOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 2-3, Pages 91-98Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12027
Keywords
angler; catch-and-release; coupled socialecological system; fisher behaviour; harvest regulations; fisheries management
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- German Federal Ministry for Education and Research within the project Besatzfisch in the programme for Social-Ecological Research [01UU0907]
- German Angler Association
- Natural History Museum in Berlin
- Bundesverband der Angelgerate-Herstellerund Grosshandler e.V. (BVA)
- Pure Fishing
- Shimano
- Landesfischereiverband Weser-Ems
- SPRO Deutschland GmbH
- Zebco Europe
- International Game Fish Association (IGFA)
- European Fish Tackle Trade Association (EFFTA)
- European Anglers Alliance (EAA)
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Despite recreational fisheries serving as a prime example of a coupled socialecological system, much of the research on such fisheries has been monothematic in orientation and focused either on fisheries ecology or human dimensions. An attempt was made to break down some of the barriers to more interdisciplinary research on recreational fisheries at the 6th World Recreational Fishing Conference. The overall conclusion was that future research and management efforts should increasingly focus on the feedbacks between the interacting human and ecological components of recreational fisheries. Doing so promises to improve understanding of how recreational fisheries respond to socialecological change. In this context, the behaviour of both fishes and humans provides an important, yet often overlooked, integrator of the ecological and social components of recreational fisheries. A better understanding of the behavioural dynamics of recreational fishers as well as exploited fishes will help predict how recreational fisheries change, evolve, adapt and reorganise through time to maintain resilience and achieve sustainability on a global scale.
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