The Significance of Angling in Stress Reduction during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Environmental and Socio-Economic Implications

Karpiński, Emil Andrzej; Skrzypczak, Andrzej

doi:10.3390/ijerph19074346

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“…The latter behavior confirms a sense of safety toward their recreational activity. The belief that angling is widely regarded as a safe form of outdoor recreation was demonstrated in studies by other authors [ 34 , 35 , 37 ].…”

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“…What seems to be important is how people perceive themselves and their relative safety and it is shown in studies, e.g., [ 78 , 79 ] that personal perception is very important. Even in angling, during which, as the results of many works show [ 34 ], recreationists did not limit themselves to a large extent in relation to other activities because of their sense of relative safeness [ 37 ].…”

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“…One of the forms of recreation considered safe during the pandemic was fishing [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. It is a very popular form of recreation worldwide [ 29 , 38 , 39 , 40 ], practiced outdoors, where it is less likely to become infected [ 35 ], also due to its non-contact nature.…”

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Impact of Personal Experience of COVID-19 Disease on Recreational Anglers’ Attitudes and Behaviors

Skrzypczak

Karpiński

Józefacka

et al. 2022

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Background: Anglers are a large social group with access to a “relatively safe” form of recreation, that allows the opportunity to relieve stress. An important question, however, is how they did so, and to what extent their perceived COVID-19 transition status influenced decisions both in life and at the fishing site. Aim: Our study aimed to determine the dynamics of anglers’ attitudes and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of the different statuses of their exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We assumed that the behavior of anglers who have not experienced the disease (were not ill and not sure if ill) will be similar and, on the other hand, different from the behavior of those who have experienced COVID-19. Methods: The web-assisted interviews survey was used among 586 anglers with different COVID-19 disease experience statuses. Their pandemic behavior and activities by four age groups were studied using non-metric multidimensional scaling. Redundancy analysis has been used to identify the relationship between anglers’ life attitudes and socioeconomic and demographic factors, taking into account their preferences and involvement in fishing. Results: We have demonstrated that the behavior of anglers who have not experienced COVID-19 disease and do not present a reckless attitude toward pandemic threats, do not show significant differences from the life attitudes of the group experienced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These two groups comprise more than 70% of anglers. However, the rest show a lack of interest in an aware diagnosis of their health and a low level of acceptance of self-restraint in the area of direct social contact. Conclusions: Unawareness, combined with ignorance, could be a potential factor in the transmission of the virus while fishing. The behaviors of almost 30% of anglers are particularly risky when combined with a strong need to fish in the company of friends and familiar people. Anglers’ social identity should be tapped by fishery managers. Targeted educational campaigns should be aimed at groups around specific fishing spots. The need for self-limitation under the pandemic should be promoted for the benefit of the general public and to maintain the reputation of angling as a safe recreational activity.

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“…Participants agreed to use the park to relax (21.74%), ease stress (14.12%), and to exercise (10.61%), whereas only 1.24% reported to use the park for social needs. Karpinski and Skrzypczak (2022) , n.a. Recreational anglers (564, largest age group 25–65 years (79.3%), n.a., n.a.)…”

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Natural environments, psychosocial health, and health behaviors in a crisis – A scoping review of the literature in the COVID-19 context

Nigg

Petersen

MacIntyre

2023

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…Fishing within traditionally 'recreational' fisheries (41) largely increased during the early phases of the pandemic. Although in several surveys anglers noted access barriers at some points during , the COVID-19 lockdown policies of more than 90% of United States and Canadian provinces ultimately permitted recreational fishing (45). In many settings, fishing flourished.…”

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Wild and backyard food use during COVID-19 in upstate New York, United States

Coffin-Schmitt,

Clements,

Marshall

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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IntroductionCOVID-19 acutely shocked both socio-economic and food systems in 2020. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on production and consumption of gardened produce, backyard poultry, wild game and fish, and foraged mushrooms, berries, and other plants in New York State, aiming to understand crisis influenced food choice and motivations, including food security.MethodsWe conducted an online, cross-sectional survey in October–December 2020 with a convenience sample of participants (n = 505) with an interest in gardening, poultry rearing, foraging, hunting, and/or fishing from six counties in upstate New York. We recruited through the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and other relevant email and social media pages.ResultsAcross the wild and backyard food production strategies, 4.0–14.3% of respondents reported engaging for the first time and 39.6–45.7% reported increased production (a little or a lot more), and 31.6–42.7% of respondents’ production was the same as the previous year. Consumption of foods produced was widespread, including fruit and vegetables (97.6% of producers also consumed), backyard eggs (92.7%), and foraged foods (93.8%). For meats, a majority consumed backyard poultry meat (51.2%), wild-caught fish (69.7%), and wild game they hunted (80.1%). The frequency of consumption of fruit and vegetables (average of 13.5 times/month) and eggs (16.4 times/month) was very high, while average consumption of poultry meat, foraged foods, fish, and wild game ranged from 3.1 to 5.8 times/month. The number of respondents who reported “have more control over food availability” as motivation to produce all wild and backyard foods increased from 2019 to 2020 (p < 0.05 - p < 0.001). There was also a significant relationship between experiences of COVID-19 related hardship (i.e., food insecurity, income loss) with gardening and poultry-rearing (p ≤ 0.05), but not with other production methods or with consumption of wild and backyard foods.DiscussionOur findings help to locate wild and backyard foods within COVID-19 impacted food environments, and describe food security as a particularly relevant motivation, among others, reported by respondents in 2020. Given this, New York State service providers can use these findings to tailor current future support for households exerting control over their own food environments with wild and backyard foods, allowing the state to be better prepared for future crises.

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The Significance of Angling in Stress Reduction during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Environmental and Socio-Economic Implications

Cited by 9 publications

References 48 publications

Impact of Personal Experience of COVID-19 Disease on Recreational Anglers’ Attitudes and Behaviors

Impact of Personal Experience of COVID-19 Disease on Recreational Anglers’ Attitudes and Behaviors

Natural environments, psychosocial health, and health behaviors in a crisis – A scoping review of the literature in the COVID-19 context

Wild and backyard food use during COVID-19 in upstate New York, United States

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