An assessment of catches of shore sport fishing competitions along the coast of the Maltese Islands: Implications for conservation and management

Darmanin, Sandra Agius; Vella, Adriana

doi:10.1111/fme.12271

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“…it is very difficult to monitor recreational fishing of any kind (Pascual Fernández et al 2012), due to the lack of obligation of fishers to register their catches and of an official web of controlled landing spots, as professional fishers of the Canary islands have. Most of the studies assessing impacts of recreational fishing in general and spearfishing in particular use polls as the only available method to obtain reliable information about the topic (Castro-Hernández et al 2018;Lloret et al 2008;Lloret and Font 2013) or real catches from contests, where rules bias results (Martín-Sosa et al 2018;darmanin and Vella 2018;Boada et al 2017).…”

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Spearfishing in The Canary Islands: is the devil as black as it seems to be?

Martín-Sosa¹

2019

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Spearfishing is traditionally recognized as catching spawners of species with a top trophic position that are slow-growing and highly vulnerable. This study is the first empirical research in The Canary islands quantifying this activity's pressure and impact with real catch information. The mean fishing effort by fisher is 6 days per annum at sea, with a mean yield of 390 g/fisher*hour. These figures outcome an estimate of 39 700 total days per annum at sea and a total annual catch (41.7 t) being 0.28% of professional sector landings. average trophic level and intrinsic Vulnerability index in the catch are 3.24 and 45.72 respectively. Sparisoma cretense, a fast growing fish, with a mid trophic level and not such a vulnerable species, is at the top of spearfishing catches. The sector is described socioeconomically by questionnaires (n=179). results represent a baseline and foundation for the sector management. No evidence has been found to justify the current spatially restricted access of spearfishing to resources.

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Spearfishing in The Canary Islands: is the devil as black as it seems to be?

Martín-Sosa¹

2019

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“…Unfortunately, scientific evidence, especially on recreational spearfishing, is still limited. Studies investigating the impact of recreational fishing on the Mediterranean marine ecosystem focus mainly on angling [5,[10][11][12][13][14], while there are few studies on spearfishing [8,[15][16][17]. The likely reason for the greater attention to anglers is the share of spearfishers in total recreational fishing, where they represent only a small part of fishing activities.…”

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An Assessment of Spearfishing Catches along the Eastern Adriatic Coast

Mrčelić

Slišković

Soldo

2023

Fishes

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The impact of recreational fishing on fish stocks was neglected for many years as it was considered minor and insignificant. Despite the increasing assessment of the impact of recreational fishing, little effort is made to effectively and systematically collect catch and effort data from recreational fishing and integrate them into official fishery statistics. The aim of this study is to provide the first empirical investigation to quantify the impact of spearfishing on coastal fish communities in the eastern Adriatic. In Croatia, continuous monitoring of spearfishing competitions started in 2005, but, in 2012, the rules for the competitions were changed, and the species and quantities per species were restricted. For the purpose of this analysis, only data collected during the seven-year period from 2005 to 2011 were used, which included a total of 46 competitions in which spearfishers fished without any limitations, as later data were not comparable. These data can provide a robust estimation of the impact of spearfishing on coastal communities. Instead of a general approach, future studies should adopt a species-specific approach. Compared to the results on the impacts of other fishing methods, the obtained results are useful for researchers, managers, and also policy makers to sustainably manage coastal ecosystems and the associated ecosystems services.

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“…Although competitive fishing is popular among anglers, only a few studies have been conducted in this context (e.g., Falk, et al, 1989;Wilde, et al 1998). Prior studies have touched upon the financial aspect of competitive fishing (Chi, 2018;Curtis et al, 2017;Mckean et al, 2014), fishing competition catches (Agius Darmanin & Vella, 2018), the impacts of fishing tournaments on fish populations (Cooke & Suski, 2005), and the administrative policies of competitive fishing (Kerr & Kamke, 2003).…”

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Experiential value of participation in angling competition – a study from Finland

Suni¹,

Komppula²,

Kortet³

2022

EJTR

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Competitive fishing is a global phenomenon covering thousands of fishing contests annually. We studied the experiential value of angling competitions from the participants’ point of view by using an online survey data among Finnish anglers who had been on an overnight angling competition trip within the last two years. The theory of consumption values is used as the basis for our theoretical framework, including functional, social, emotional, epistemic, and conditional value, while togetherness was suggested as the sixth value dimension. The value dimensions were measured with 45 variables. We used principal component and cluster analyses to identify three value-based clusters among respondents: Wellbeing seekers, Family-oriented competitors, and Novelty seekers. Novelty seekers were the youngest and least experienced group who are looking for novelty and they want to learn new things in competitive angling. Family-oriented competitors were the oldest and most experienced in competitive angling, and they valued friendship, family, and togetherness more than others. Wellbeing seekers were focused on self-development and positive effects on their wellbeing. Notably, proper and equal competition arrangements were the most important source of functional value. Surprisingly, the role of catching fish per se seems to be a minor contributor to the fishing competition experience value.

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An assessment of catches of shore sport fishing competitions along the coast of the Maltese Islands: Implications for conservation and management

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Spearfishing in The Canary Islands: is the devil as black as it seems to be?

Spearfishing in The Canary Islands: is the devil as black as it seems to be?

An Assessment of Spearfishing Catches along the Eastern Adriatic Coast

Experiential value of participation in angling competition – a study from Finland

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