Freshwater recreational fisheries constitute complex adaptive social-ecological systems
where mobile anglers link spatially structured ecosystems. In this article, a general social …

In Europe research and policy debates point to the need to increase efforts to rehabilitate or
restore habitat structure and function at the expense of the traditional recreational fisheries …

We reviewed estimates of annual exploitation (u) and total mortality (Z) for populations of
largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and used a simulation model to explore how …

We tested for differences between tournament and nontournament black bass anglers in
their motives for fishing, attitudes, and demographic characteristics. Fewer than one-fifth …

As devotion to a recreational activity increases with specialization, recreationists' ecological
understanding (ie, mental models) of the resource system is also expected to change. To …

Angling catch records are frequently used to reveal fish population developments. It is
therefore important to understand the determinants of angling catches. This study focused …

This study investigated the choices anglers make between hypothetical fishing trips as
defined by harvest regulations, fishing expectations, and trip costs and ranking the various …

Hypothetical scenarios were used to understand the effects of personal and situational
variables on freshwater anglers' choices to keep or release caught fish. When personal and …

Human dimensions research m fisheries has focused on some areas to the exclusion of
others. Most human dimensions research in inland fisheries has been recreational in …

Recreational shore angling in the Atlantic Ocean between Moledo and Aveiro (Portugal)
was examined using roving creel surveys (March/September 2001). Cooperation was high …