2015
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12560
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Efficacy of lecture‐based environmental education for biodiversity conservation: a robust controlled field experiment with recreational anglers engaged in self‐organized fish stocking

Abstract: Summary Fish stocking constitutes a widespread management tool for freshwater fisheries, but depending on configuration can be economically wasteful, ecologically harmful and lead to irreversible biodiversity loss. We conducted a large‐scale controlled experiment of a lecture intervention to understand whether communication of neutrally worded scientific information about sustainable fish stocking might alter anglers’ ecological knowledge and cognitions (e.g. functional beliefs and attitudes) about the benef… Show more

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“…This result differs slightly from our previous analyses ( 53 ), largely because the present study focused on respondents who completed all three assessments (pre, post, and retention). The present study shows that lectures can be effective when the goal is to elevate ecological and genetic knowledge of highly motivated stakeholders (for example, those who remained through the multiyear program).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 96%
“…This result differs slightly from our previous analyses ( 53 ), largely because the present study focused on respondents who completed all three assessments (pre, post, and retention). The present study shows that lectures can be effective when the goal is to elevate ecological and genetic knowledge of highly motivated stakeholders (for example, those who remained through the multiyear program).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 96%
“…Given their attraction to anglers through their sporting qualities, stocked fish are often species that grow to relatively large sizes and have high trophic positions (Holmlund and Hammer ; Fujitani et al. ), such as apex predators (Eby et al. ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, participation in a fish‐stocking lecture in Germany helped adults increase fish knowledge (Fujitani et al. ). In addition to utilizing an experimental design capable of assessing causality (vs. correlation), evaluations would benefit from exploring relationships between knowledge growth and other variables such as age, race, and gender.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%