The state of knowledge on the science and management of freshwater recreational fisheries
is reviewed, with the objective of integrating insights from disparate fields such as fisheries …

Studies of where people recreationally fish were reviewed to understand which attributes
influence these choices, to make this literature accessible to individuals who manage or rely …

Satisfaction is the reward that recreational anglers receive from their experiences, and it
constitutes a relevant management target. Angler satisfaction also shapes preferences for …

Human exploitation of wild‐living animals has been suggested to create a 'landscape of
fear'. A consequence could be that individuals surviving intensive harvesting, either as a …

Size‐selective harvesting is assumed to alter life histories of exploited fish populations,
thereby negatively affecting population productivity, recovery, and yield. However …

Considerable time and money are expended in the pursuit of catching fish with hooks (eg,
handlining, angling, longlining, trolling, drumlining) across the recreational, commercial and …

We address the problem of optimal size‐selective exploitation in an age‐structured fish
population model by systematically examining how density and size dependency in growth …

In the brackish lagoons located in coastal inshore areas around the German island of
Rügen, pike Esox lucius is a highly sought after target species for recreational fishers. Yet …

Fishing tourism is an important means of livelihood in the northern peripheries. Along the
River Teno on the northern border of Norway and Finland, which has had the largest wild …

The extreme body sizes of megafishes associated with their high commercial values and
recreational interests have made them highly threatened in their native range worldwide by …