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Effectively managing angler satisfaction in recreational fisheries requires understanding the fish species and the anglers

Ben Beardmore Len M. Hunt Wolfgang Haider Malte Dorow Robert Arlinghaus ORCID
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Vol. 72 No. 4 pp. 500-513 · Canadian Science Publishing
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Abstract
Whenever satisfied anglers are an important objective of recreational fisheries management, understanding how trip outcomes influence satisfaction reports is critical. While anglers, generally, prefer high catch rates and large fish, the relative importance of these catch outcomes for catch satisfaction has not been established across species and angler types. We examined relationships between angler specialization, trip outcomes (both catch and non-catch characteristics such as crowding), and catch satisfaction across six freshwater fish species in northern Germany. As expected, catch satisfaction was primarily determined by catch rate and fish size in all fish species; however, the relative importance of these two outcomes varied considerably across species and among angler types that differed by commitment to fishing. We found a diminishing marginal return of satisfaction for increasing catch rate for all but small-bodied cyprinid species, while increasing size of largest retained fish monotonically increased catch satisfaction in all species we examined. Non-catch outcomes (e.g., the number of other anglers seen while fishing) also had a significant negative influence on catch satisfaction, suggesting that non-catch factors are important in establishing expectations and for contextual evaluation of catch outcomes. We also determined that diversified trips made anglers more satisfied and that all else being equal, specialized anglers increased catch satisfaction from travel and fishing time. The results highlight the importance for managers to consider their particular mix of anglers as well as the fish species present when setting regulations aimed at increasing angler satisfaction.
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Published
Apr 01, 2015
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72(4)
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Ben Beardmore

School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.; Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany.; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 680 N Park Street, Madison WI 53706, USA.

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Len M. Hunt

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Center for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada.

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Wolfgang Haider

School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.

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Malte Dorow

Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany.; State Research Institute for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Fischerweg 408, 18069 Rostock, Germany.

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Robert Arlinghaus

Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany.; Division of Integrative Fisheries Management, Department for Crop and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Science and Integrative Research Institute for the Transformation of Human–Environment Systems, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, Haus 7, 10115 Berlin, Germany.

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Ben Beardmore, Len M. Hunt, Wolfgang Haider, et al. (2015). Effectively managing angler satisfaction in recreational fisheries requires understanding the fish species and the anglers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 72(4), 500-513. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0177
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