Social, economic and cultural perspectives of European inland fisheries: review of the EIFAC symposium on fisheries and society

Abstract

The contributions presented at the EIFAC Symposium on Fisheries and Society in 2000 are reviewed. There have been considerable advances in many sectors of inland ®sheries over the past decade. Nowadays the value of inland ®sheries to society is generally better understood and increasingly recognized. However, it was recognized that the allocation of ®shery resources and their management could still be made more eective through more extensive application of the recent approaches and techniques discussed during the Symposium and reviewed in the paper.

Sport fishing in Cachoeira de Emas in Mogi-Guaçu River, State of São Paulo, Brazil

“…According to Sipponen and Gréboval (2001) the fishing practiced close (less than 100 km) to the fisher's dwelling is becoming common in Europe. So the fishers that participate in fishing tournaments in the area of Parque Nacional da Ilha Grande, (State of Paraná, Brazil), travel around 50 km (37%) and 23% travel from 51 to 150 km (Zacarkim et al, 2007).…”