Perceptions regarding the recreational cobia fishery in relation to manta ray conservation
Raquel Braun,
Julia Wester,
Catherine Macdonald
et al.
Abstract:Understanding fisheries requires not only traditional modelling approaches but also the incorporation of local ecological knowledge (LEK) which can provide other types of essential contextualizing knowledge.
Recreational anglers within the cobia fishery on the east coast of central and northern Florida target cobia by seeking out the manta rays cobia often follow and associate with, and casting at or near them. Results suggest this fishery poses a threat of entanglement, injury and disturbance to mantas in the… Show more
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