Marine recreational fisheries (MRF) have important social and economic benefits, but can
impact fish stocks and the environment. The diverse and dispersed nature of these fisheries …

Smartphone applications (apps) that target recreational fishers are growing in abundance.
These apps have the potential to provide data useful for management of recreational …

This paper aims to develop a rapid assessment of the COVID-19 impact on the Galician (NW
Spain) seafood sector, one of the most important maritime regions in the world. Here, we …

The global COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many jurisdictions implementing orders
restricting the movements of people to inhibit virus transmission, with recreational angling …

Recreational sea angling is an important recreational activity in the United Kingdom with
around 1.6% of adults participating and a total economic impact of around£ 1.5 billion each …

The importance of social and economic factors, in addition to biological factors, in fisheries
management is being increasingly recognised. However, exploration of trade-offs between …

Executive summary Sea angling is a popular activity in the UK that has social and economic
benefits, but can also impact on fish stocks. Data on sea angling participation, catches, and …

Executive summary Understanding sea angler attitudes towards management is important,
so that it can be considered in the development of approaches for the management of …

Squid and cuttlefish are valuable UK commercial fisheries and anecdotal evidence suggests
recreational fisheries for these species is rapidly emerging. Though the quantity captured by …

In recent years, the number of sightings of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) in UK waters has been
increasing. This has led to a growing interest in the species from the science community, the …