Understanding angler heterogeneity is critical for fisheries managers to be able to develop
management approaches that minimize stress to fish and aquatic ecosystems while …

Angler satisfaction is a key consideration in the management of recreational fisheries.
Anglers typically prefer high catch rates and large fish, but the importance of these catch …

Recreational fisheries were traditionally theorized to self‐regulate in a sustainable feedback
loop in which recreational anglers moderate their fishing effort in response to population …

Fishing for recreation dates back at least 4,000 years ago when the first images of
recreational anglers were reported from Egypt (Pitcher and Hollingworth 2002). It was …

To manage recreational fisheries effectively, researchers and managers must understand
angler behaviour across multiple sources of diversity. Anglers themselves are a …

The study carried out a comparison of the value estimated both in recreational and
commercial fisheries for billfish in the Caribbean. The recreational value was found to be …

Bycatch mortality from commercial tuna fisheries threatens billfish populations in the Eastern
Pacific Ocean, which are also used for lucrative recreational tourism industries. The …

Recreational fisheries are complex adaptive systems (CAS) that possess emergent
properties and the potential to surprise us. In this dissertation, I investigate the social and …

This thesis consists of two chapters that explore the impacts of ecosystem threats to
recreational fisheries in Michigan using linked participation-site choice demand models. The …