Meaning and Relevance of the Ecosystem Approach to Recreational Fisheries Management: Emphasis on the Importance of the Human Dimension

Arlinghaus, Robert; Cowx, I. G.

doi:10.1002/9780470697597.ch3

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“…This reduces exposure of the undoubtedly immense cumulative economic importance of inland fisheries for recreational purposes and reduces investment into research and monitoring, and ultimately conservation of aquatic systems. Consequently, many recreational fisheries are traditionally managed based on the quality of the fishing experience, and few are managed from an economic perspective (Cowx, 2002 a ) taking a broader ecosystem approach into account (Arlinghaus & Cowx, 2008); an issue borne out by the paucity of information on the economic value of such fisheries (Kennedy & Crozier, 1997; Peirson et al , 2001). This problem spills over into recreational fisheries because the value of the resource has rarely been assessed (Cowx et al , 2004).…”

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“…An emerging approach to help address the multi‐facetted problems facing aquatic ecosystems is the ecosystem approach to fisheries management (FAO, 2003). This approach may also help resolve the conflicts between recreational fisheries and conservation (Arlinghaus & Cowx, 2008). There is no doubt that an integrated, ecosystem‐orientated strategy is the way forward, but mechanism for raising the profile of recreational fisheries and biodiversity in the political and economic arenas is needed to achieve this goal.…”

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Harmonizing recreational fisheries and conservation objectives for aquatic biodiversity in inland waters

Cowx

Arlinghaus

Cooke

2010

Journal of Fish Biology

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The importance of recreational fisheries to local and national economies, and as a generator of immense social welfare throughout the developed world, is well established. Development in the sector and its interaction with non-fishery-related nature conservation objectives for aquatic biodiversity, however, have the potential to generate conflict. This article reviews the intersection between recreational fisheries and nature conservation goals for aquatic biodiversity with specific reference to inland waters in industrialized countries, and the principal management activities and constraints that can lead to conflicts. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis was used to review the issues facing sectoral development and identify options for future advancement of recreational fisheries to ameliorate potential conflicts with nature conservation goals. It is concluded that reconciliation of recreational fisheries and modern conservation perspectives is both possible and desirable, because many conservation problems also benefit fisheries quality. Angler buy-in to conservation is probable if (1) management scales are small, (2) threats to conservation originate from outside the fisheries sectors and (3) ecological awareness for the conservation problem is high. If these aspects are not present, reconciliation of recreational fisheries and nature conservation goals is less likely, risking both the aquatic biodiversity and the future of angling. To address these issues, enforcement of legislation and continued communication with angler communities is necessary, as well as development of integrated management policies that build on the instrumental values of aquatic biodiversity for recreational fisheries, while curtailing the more insidious threats to such biodiversity that originate directly from the recreational fisheries sector.

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Harmonizing recreational fisheries and conservation objectives for aquatic biodiversity in inland waters

Cowx

Arlinghaus

Cooke

2010

Journal of Fish Biology

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151

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“…Moving from the goal of sustainability (reviewed by Arlinghaus et al. 2002), the underlying management philosophy promoted by the CoP rests on the ecosystem approach (Arlinghaus & Cowx 2008) and the precautionary approach (Richards & Maguire 1998) to avoid potentially irreversible changes to biodiversity and aquatic ecosystems induced by recreational fishing and its supporting activities such as stocking. This necessity is borne out of the increasing realisation that excessive harvest mortality as well as deleterious management actions, such as some forms of fish stocking, (Lewin et al 2006; Lewin et al 2008) might pose threats to the structure and functioning of recreationally exploited fish stocks.…”

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Providing context to the global code of practice for recreational fisheries

Arlinghaus¹,

Cooke²,

Cowx³

2010

Fisheries Management Eco

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An in-depth explanation of selected content of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory CommissionÕs ÔCode of Practice for Recreational FisheriesÕ (CoP) is presented. The focus is on core areas that were intensely debated in the drafting the CoP. These include definition of recreational fishing, recreational fishing practices, fish welfare, recreational fisheries management and research. It is anticipated that the CoP for recreational fisheries promotes best practice and management principles for sustainable recreational fisheries, within the recreational fisheries sector and ancillary industries/sectors regionally, nationally, and ultimately globally. To be viable, the CoP for recreational fisheries must be adopted by the international community complementing the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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“…Recreational fishing regulations traditionally fail to account for angler-effort responses (Beard et al 2003). There is, however, increasing interest in modelling angler behaviour to improve management in fisheries science (Cox and Walters 2002;Lupi et al 2003;Carpenter and Brock 2004;Post et al 2008;Johnston et al 2010) and social science (Massey et al 2006;Arlinghaus and Cowx 2008;Fenichel et al 2010). Models of recreational fishing behaviour necessarily differ from models of commercial fishing behaviour (Lynch 2006).…”

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Modelling angler behaviour as a part of the management system: synthesizing a multi‐disciplinary literature

2012

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It is often said that managing fisheries is managing people. This truism implies that fisheries science inherently involves disciplines that focus on fish and their population dynamics, humans and their behaviour, and policy and decision making. This is particularly true for recreational fisheries, where the human behavioural motivation and human response to management actions may be more difficult to predict than in commercial fisheries. We provide a synthesis of the multi‐disciplinary literature on modelling recreational angler behaviour to inform management of recreational fisheries. We begin by defining the recreational fisheries system in an interdisciplinary manner. We then assess the literature for empirical evidence of disciplinary crossover. Using bibliometric data, we provide evidence that there is little disciplinary crossover, particularly between fisheries biology, including applied ecology, and quantitative social science, including economics. We identify critical barriers to disciplinary crossover, such as database indexing issues and nomenclature. Next, we provide a review of critical contributions to the literature, and locate these contributions within our interdisciplinary conceptualization of the recreational fisheries system. This synthesis is intended to be a cross‐disciplinary bridge to facilitate access to the broader literature on modelling angler behaviour, with the ultimate goal of improving recreational fisheries management.

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Meaning and Relevance of the Ecosystem Approach to Recreational Fisheries Management: Emphasis on the Importance of the Human Dimension

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Harmonizing recreational fisheries and conservation objectives for aquatic biodiversity in inland waters

Harmonizing recreational fisheries and conservation objectives for aquatic biodiversity in inland waters

Providing context to the global code of practice for recreational fisheries

Modelling angler behaviour as a part of the management system: synthesizing a multi‐disciplinary literature

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