As the popularity of recreational fishing gathers global momentum, so does the importance
of knowing the number of active anglers and their spatial behaviour. Conventional counting …

Despite recent close attention to issues related to the reliability of psychological research
(eg, the replication crisis), issues of the validity of this research have not been considered to …

Measuring fishing effort is one important element for effective management of recreational
fisheries. Traditional intensive angler intercept survey methods collect many observations on …

Quantifying the number of recreational fishers is important for many aspects of managing
coastal resources. Unfortunately, quantifying recreational boaters in offshore settings has …

Small scale and recreational fisheries often lack quantitative monitoring, highlighting
potential for other reproducible ways of understanding state. The Fisher's Local Ecological …

Outdoor recreation provides societal benefits that are often measured by the amount of use
natural resource systems receive. Still, the amount of resource use natural resource systems …

Digital camera monitoring data on recreational boating traffic are often manually interpreted
and the reading cost can be expensive. Typically, these data are used along with other …

Recreational fisheries often pose various challenges for monitoring. Conventional
techniques, such as aerial-roving creel surveys, can lead to estimation bias as they are …

Estimating fishing effort is an important aspect of effective fisheries management for
populations such as red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the Gulf of Mexico. Monitoring …

Measuring fishing effort is a common practice in fisheries management. Traditional access‐
point or roving creel surveys rely on in‐person interaction between management agency …