Recreational Fisheries

Ecological, Economic and Social Evaluation
Herausgeber: Pitcher, Tony J; Hollingworth, Chuck

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Recreational or sport fishing is important for three major reasons: * economic (it is a multi-billion dollar world industry); * social (it is embedded in the cultures of many nations; * ecological (it affects the environment and food webs in many ways). Recreational Fisheries covers a range of methods, case studies and perspectives on the multidisciplinary evaluation of the benefits and costs of sports fisheries. This book is an essential reference for anyone active in the management, assessment, policy making or development of sport and recreational fisheries worldwide. All fisheries scientists and managers will require a copy of this important publication. Environmental and aquatic scientists, ecologists and oceanographers will also find this book of great value in their work. Libraries in research establishments, laboratories and universities where fisheries and biological sciences are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780632063918
• ISBN-10: 0632063912
• Artikelnr.: 21803189

Autorenporträt

Tony Pitcher and Charles Hollingworth, the editors of this landmark publication, have drawn together chapters from more than 30 contributors from North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa, providing a truly international perspective on a global industry. Contents include detailed assessments, evaluations and survey mthods of sport fisheries in many countries.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors.

Series Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Fishing For Fun: What's The Catch?.

2 Recreational Fishing: Value Is In The Eye Of The Beholder.

3 Economic Evaluation Of Recreational Fishery Policies.

4 Recreational And Commercial Fishers In The Namibian Silver KobFishery.

5 Projecting Recreational Fishing Participation.

6 Catch-And-Release Recreational Fishing: A HistoricalPerspective.

7 Controversy Over Catch-And-Release Recreational Fishing InEurope.

8 Maintaining Quality In Recreational Fisheries: How SuccessBreeds Failure In Management Of Open-Access Sport Fisheries.

9 The Importance of Angler Motivations in Sport FisheryManagement.

10 Evaluating Recreational Fishing In Germany.

11 A Survey of The Economic Value of Nordic RecreationalFisheries.

12 An Evaluation of Recreational Fishing In England AndWales.

13 Valuation And Policy in Alaskan Sport Fisheries.

14 Evaluating Marine Sport Fisheries in South Africa.

15 New Large-Scale Survey Methods for Evaluating Sport Fisheriesin the USA.

16 Rvaluating the Marine Recreational Fishery in SouthAfrica.

17 The Next Chapter. Multicultural and Cross-DisciplinaryProgress in Evaluating Recreational Fisheries.

Index.

Rezensionen

"The book is... well edited and produced, with useful tables andfigures... throughout... this publication is a useful contributionto the extensive literature on angling and is recommended to bothscientists and enthusiastic anglers all over the world."
Journal of Fish Biology

"... a valuable guide for anyone active in management,assessment, policy making or development of sport and recreationalfisheries worldwide." Aquaculture Magazine

"A very important and timely book. This book gives a broadoverview of the problem and a number of suggestions for a moreaccurate, scientific way of mitigating its effects."
Professional Fisherman