Understanding And Managing Recreational Fisheries Within A Social Ecological System Framework, By Hunt Et Al

The structure of this paper is as follows: a literature review of relevant past studies which incorporated one or more of the explanatory variables selected for this study; list of novel aspects of the study; a brief discussion of underlying economic theory in modelling fishery production; an outline of the models and empirical approach taken in conducting the analysis; description of the dataset; presentation of results and accompanying discussion; and concluding remarks with mention of limitations of the study and possible future considerations.

As the population on earth increases ,overfishing has become a growing issue in all parts of the world. Fish is a vital food source for many, in the world and counts for many of the cultures and heritages in the world, which means there is a high demand for it . This high demand has caused overfishing to occur. This is a cause for concern since due to the development of better technology, there is a higher risk of overfishing if not managed properly. Canada in particular has been facing the problem overfishing for years now. Due to Canada’s issue of overfishing, the environment and wildlife as well as human settlements all have negative impacts ,therefore a sustainable solution must be implemented. If action isn’t taken, Canada’s issue of overfishing will continue to worsen.

Throughout the day we enjoyed catching countless fish with our petite, freshwater lures, yet the surrounding fishermen never modified their methods of fishing so they also could experience the same enjoyment. They patiently waited while a rod, as thick as a broomstick and as long as a car, sat in front of them, bobbing with the current. Somewhere out in the ocean was their rig, a huge, crippled baitfish swimming around in little circles, struggling, just calling for some hungry beast to engulf it. Those fishermen never caught much, but when they did it was always a monstrosity, twenty pounds or more. Word had it that just a week earlier a man had even caught a one

Numerous research and scientific studies were performed on the impact of the extensive fishing along the U.S. coastline. In 1871, National Marine Fisheries Service was launched. Their mission as stated on their website, www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/, “…devoted to the protection, study, management, and restoration of fish.” (www.nefc.noaa.gov, 2004) While the organization contributed significantly to the study of the fish and the region, the organization was completely ineffectual in any manner in protecting the fish from over fishing and unable to get passed any effective policies to control fishing. Their biocentric view allowed the organization to study fish in a manner that many groups at the time had no concern with due to the mindset of the endless capacity of the sea. The value of many of these studies while questionable at the seriousness at the time they were taken, when looking back through the history and learning from the impact that man has on our environment. In particular, this example there is good data that supports the early thoughts of a bountiful sea of fish. As the years, progress data that clearly shows the decline of various fish species as fishing continues onward. Newton, Dillingham and Choly reported (2006), “The take of Atlantic cod, crucial to the New England economy, had peaked in 1968 at 3.9 million tons; by 1992, it was down to 1.2 million tons— a

The article states, “…there is ample evidence that overfishing is a significant factor in the decline of numerous species and fisheries…” (Allan et al. 1045). This statement alone summarizes the article accurately and illuminates the major problem addressed in the scholarly journal. While relaying an indistinguishable message, an article by Myers and Worm finds a different way of relaying information.

Although catch-and-release has become mandated, many fisherman now know that regulations keep them from bagging all the fish they catch is also the mandated regulations that keep fish mortality high. Regulated fisheries help to insure the survival rate or local and native trout. Part of the catch and release regulations also is a “length” regulation as well. This insures that young fish are given ample opportunity to grow and spawn. Although most fish do survive release of anglers there is also a growing number that do not (Wilson, 2008). There are different factors that play in to the inhumanity of catch and release and it is the factors that make one question the ethics of such a regulation in order to preserve trout populations. It’s a catch, for

I have been fishing as long as I can remember. It has been a pursuit, an adventure, a call, a metaphor, a meditation, and a coping mechanism. Being a young boy in the 1960s and 70s, reading Thor Heyerdahl adventures and watching Jacques Cousteau, National Geographic, and astronauts orbiting the earth and walking on the moon on television, the spirit of adventure and the wonder of the natural world were the air I breathed. Moreover, my family was of a religious bent where my sisters and I were more likely to be told to be quiet and pay attention on a nature walk than in church. As opposed to the somehow self-evident holiness of the sanctuary, my parents took on the nurturing challenge of opening our eyes to

The Coast guard facilitates the research that these organizations conduct with its many resources which include polar icebreakers, fishery science vessels, and oceanographic science vessels. The type of research conducted includes Sea life species analysis and demographics, habitat assessment, and other tests to perform analysis on Canada’s bodies of water. Such is important in canada for a multitude of reason. One of which being the canadian fishing industry. According to DFO the total value of fish and seafood exports was $5,958,905,000, and according to Trading Economics Canada’s exports in total were valued at $43,675,000,000, meaning that the fishing industry accounts for nearly 14% of all of Canada’s exports. Such an industry needs to be heavily regulated to ensure that the practices of fisheries are safe and effective. The research conducted in conjunction with the coast guard aids in the perfecting of our fishing processes to ensure future sustainability which will lead to growth in the canadian

This transition is critical to successful implementation of socially conscious marine policy. In “Anthropology of Fishing”, James Acheson claims that past approaches have been accounts of life aboard ships rather than “shore-based studies of fishing communities” (Acheson 1981: 276). He goes on to describe a number of social structures of fishing communities that differ in their regard of resources as individual or communal. Understanding of these structures is valuable to understand how fishermen interact with each other and their environment. Through this understanding, existing policies can be reformed that target harmful group action but allow for the more sustainable small scale fishing. While some of Acheson’s analysis is based on characterizing the personality of fishermen, he makes a valuable point that management of resources would better succeed were policy to incorporate existing elements of social interaction between actors in the society (in this case the fishermen and middlemen acting as vendors). Hilborn too states that policy would be more effective and longer lasting were it to involve fishermen (Hilborn et al. 2003: 388). These two key pieces are elements employed by modern strategies to promote lasting management and conservation of

Over 55% of the world’s reefs are threatened by overfishing and/or destructive fishing. Overfishing means to be catching more fish than the system can support and leads to declines in fish populations, ecosystem-wide impacts, and impacts on dependent human

This issue of overfishing covers vast fields, such as science, humanity, economy, society and nature. The term “optimum”, in regard to the yield from a fishery, is difficult to be defined, precisely and fixedly. Generally speaking, we can describe it as follows: (Niles E. Stople, January 2009, FishNet USA)

Coastal fisheries of the UK offer a vast amount of importance to us for things like food and medications, but after decades of over fishing and destructive fishing methods our fish stocks have been left severly depleted. Across the UK there has been a lot of initiatives towards managing our coastal fisheries to meet both environmental and economic goals. The need for regulating coastal fisheries is not a new idea, it has been used for several hundred years. Currently there is 207 protected marine protected areas implemented by the British government, one of the main ways we can regulate coastal fisheries is by creating more marine conservation zones, these zones create a safe place for

Due to the importance of fishing to the worldwide economy and the need for humans to understand human impacts on the environment, the academic division of fisheries science was developed. Fisheries science includes all aspects of marine biology, in addition to economics and management skills and information. Marine conservation issues like overfishing, sustainable fisheries and management of fisheries are also examined through fisheries science.

According to the United Nations, 17% of fish stocks worldwide are currently overexploited; 52% are fully exploited; and 7% are depleted. This means that only an estimated 20% of worldwide fish stocks are not already at or above their capacity(Seafarms, 2013). Catches of Pacific herring have decreased by 71% since the 1960s, with Atlantic herring catches falling by 63%. Atlantic Cod catches have fallen by 69% in the same time(Seafarms, 2013). These are just a few of many facts and statistics on the topic of overfishing. The effects of these statistics and facts impact people’s and animal's lives around the

As a result of humanity’s overdependence on the ocean one rising dilemma is overfishing. The issue of overfishing occurs when more fish is caught than the ecosystem can produce, essentially lowering the amount of fish in an area and may lead to the species of fish being wiped out. “Scientific Research shows that more than 90 percent of large fish are now gone from the oceans” (Mann 205). This displays how much of an epidemic that overfishing truly is, because as the larger fish becomes wiped out fishermen will soon start to fish for smaller and smaller species of fish until the