Personal and Situational Determinants of Catch-and-Release Choice of Freshwater Anglers

Sutton, Stephen G.

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“…Similar studies of local anglers in Lakselva, at other settings or among other segments of salmon anglers might yield different results as pointed out by Sutton (2003), and should be investigated further. Norms, especially social norms, should be subject to further studies.…”

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The Influence of Norms and Consequences on Voluntary Catch and Release Angling Behavior

Stensland

Aas

Mehmetoglu

2013

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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As catch and release angling (C&R) behavior increases, more knowledge is needed to understand the influence of norms and perceived consequences. Based on a survey of salmon anglers (n = 656) in Lakselv River, Norway, we showed that norms and awareness of consequences influence anglers' behavioral intention of voluntarily releasing fish. Awareness of consequences had stronger impact on C&R behaviour than the perceived social norm. The results from the structural modeling supported our initial conceptual model, and suggest that voluntary C&R is a process where the individual angler considers the biophysical (ecology, setting, species, status of stocks) and social setting in addition to other factors. Future research should look further into the cognitive part of obligation to do C&R, the more affective or emotional components of sanctions of doing or not doing C&R and the influence of knowledge, in different angler subpopulations and between types of fisheries.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 76%

The Influence of Norms and Consequences on Voluntary Catch and Release Angling Behavior

Stensland

Aas

Mehmetoglu

2013

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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“…Regulations strongly affected site choice preferences, particularly for spearers. Catch-related attitudes have been found to be related to the fish species targeted (Sutton 2003;Schroeder and Fulton 2013), and our results indicated that these attitudes may also be related to fishing method. Individuals participating in dark house Downloaded by [Lycoming College] at 20:22 01 December 2014 spearing reported weaker attitudes toward catching some or many Northern Pike than did anglers.…”

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“…Several studies have noted that situational factors or context (e.g., fishing method, species targeted, and location fished) may influence catch-related attitudes (Fedler and Ditton 1994;Sutton 2003;Beardmore et al 2011;Schroeder and Fulton 2013). A recent study clarified differences in catch orientation among anglers pursuing different species of freshwater game fish (Schroeder and Fulton 2013).…”

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Fishing for Northern Pike in Minnesota: Comparing Anglers and Dark House Spearers

Schroeder

Fulton

2014

N American J Fish Manag

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In order to project fishing effort and demand of individuals targeting Northern Pike Esox lucius in Minnesota, it is important to understand the catch orientations, management preferences, and site choice preferences of those individuals. Northern Pike are specifically targeted by about 35% of the approximately 1.5 million licensed anglers in Minnesota and by approximately 14,000–15,000 dark house spearers. Dark house spearing is a traditional method of harvesting fish through the ice in winter. Mail surveys were distributed to three research strata: anglers targeting Northern Pike, dark house spearing license holders spearing Northern Pike, and dark house spearing license holders angling for Northern Pike. Dark house spearers, whether spearing or angling, reported a stronger orientation toward keeping Northern Pike than did anglers. Anglers reported a stronger orientation toward catching large Northern Pike than did dark house spearers when spearing or angling. Northern Pike regulations were the most important attribute affecting site choice for respondents in all three strata. Models for all strata indicated a preference for lakes without protected slot limits. However, protected slot limits had a stronger negative influence on lake preference for dark house spearing licensees (whether spearing or angling) than for anglers. Received September 26, 2013; accepted March 19, 2014

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“…Those authors found that the magnitude of harvest inequality varied between six commonly targeted species, but all of the species were characterized by an abundance of anglers with no harvest. This result is likely attributable to the fact that harvest is not the principal motivation of all recreational freshwater anglers, and many anglers strictly participate in voluntary catch-and-release fishing (e.g., Chipman and Helfrich 1988;Sutton 2003;Schramm and Gerard 2004;Arlinghaus 2006). The results of Cook et al (2001) suggest that harvest inequality is due to low harvest by many anglers rather than to large harvest by a few anglers.…”

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Can Management Reduce Harvest Inequality in Recreational Fisheries?

Seekell

Cline

Winchcombe

2013

N American J Fish Manag

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Harvest inequality, a situation in which most of the fish are harvested by a disproportionately small number of anglers, is a characteristic of most recreational fisheries. Harvest inequality develops when a few anglers harvest a very large number of fish or when many anglers harvest few fish. Identifying the cause of harvest inequality is critical to understanding the potential for management to reduce the inequality. Management efforts aimed at reducing the top anglers’ take will have only a modest impact if the harvest inequality is actually caused by many anglers harvesting no fish. We measured harvest inequality in 20 years of creel census data from a trout stream in southeastern New York. We calculated Lorenz curve asymmetry coefficients (S) to test whether harvest inequality was attributable to small harvests by many anglers or large harvests by a few anglers. Harvest inequality in the fishery was consistently high and the S‐value was always less than 1.0, indicating that harvest inequality was caused by many anglers harvesting no fish rather than by few anglers harvesting many fish. This influence becomes stronger with increased harvest. We conclude that management is unlikely to influence the magnitudes of harvest inequality in recreational fisheries because regulations do not target the principal cause of harvest inequality.Received May 10, 2012; accepted October 29, 2012

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Personal and Situational Determinants of Catch-and-Release Choice of Freshwater Anglers

Cited by 56 publications

References 18 publications

The Influence of Norms and Consequences on Voluntary Catch and Release Angling Behavior

The Influence of Norms and Consequences on Voluntary Catch and Release Angling Behavior

Fishing for Northern Pike in Minnesota: Comparing Anglers and Dark House Spearers

Can Management Reduce Harvest Inequality in Recreational Fisheries?

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