This open access book unites experts from a range of social-science disciplines. It provides a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary overview of how to study recreational fishers as coupled social-ecological system, presenting unique methodological insights for an improved understanding and management of recreational fisheries. The book informs readers about state-of-the art methods for engaging fishers, for quantifying and predicting fisher behaviors, for understanding outcomes of fisher behaviors, and for fully integrating social-science data into recreational-fisheries management—all in the hopes to support sustainable management of complex social-ecological fisheries systems.
The content appeals to social scientists and ecologists alike. It is a key resource for students, fisheries managers and fisheries biologists, especially those without formal training in social sciences, and for research scientists and educators developing programs and courses in the field of human dimensions of fish and wildlife. While focused on recreational fisheries, the toolsets and integrative concepts summarized in this book will be of interest to many other natural resource and biodiversity management contexts where humans and the environment interact.
Part I. Recreational Fisheries.
Chapter
1. Complexity and Integration
of Recreational Fisheries.
Chapter
2. Role of Recreational Fisher
Information in Fisheries Management.- Part II. Disciplinary Views of Fishers
Behaviours and Outcomes.
Chapter
3. Introducing Disciplinary Perspectives
and Interdisciplinary Possibilities for Understanding Recreational Fishers
and Fisheries.
Chapter
4. Ecology for Understanding Recreational Fishers and
Fisheries.
Chapter
5. Resource Economics for Understanding Recreational
Fishers and Fisheries.
Chapter
6. Social Psychology for Understanding
Recreational Fishers and Fisheries.
Chapter
7. Political Ecology for
Understanding Recreational Fishers and Fisheries.
Chapter
8. Environmental
History and Historical Ecology for Understanding Recreational Fishers and
Fisheries.
Chapter
9. Behavioural Economics for Understanding Recreational
Fishers and Fisheries.- Part III. Engaging Fishers to Support Effective
Social Science.
Chapter
10. Guidelines for Writing and Constructing
Recreational Fisher Surveys.
Chapter
11. Fundamentals of Sampling and
Implementing Human Dimensions of Fishing Surveys.
Chapter
12. Measurement
Instruments.
Chapter
13. Optimizing Creel Surveys.
Chapter
14. Economic
Experiments in Recreational Fishing Studies.
Chapter
15. Digital Data
Mining.
Chapter
16. Mixed Methods Research: Applications and Considerations
for the Human Dimensions of Recreational Fisheries.
Chapter
17. Quantitative
and Qualitative Content Analysis of Text and Images.
Chapter
18. Knowledge
Co-production in Recreational Fisheries Science and Management.
Chapter
19.
Evidence Synthesis in Recreational Fisheries Science and Management.- Part
IV. Interdisciplinary Integration for Recreational Fisheries Management.-
Chapter
20. Integrating Diverse Stakeholder Knowledge in Recreational
Fisheries Decision Making.
Chapter
21. Integrated Models of the
Social-ecological Dynamics of Recreational Fisheries.
Chapter
22.
Participatory Modelling to Support Evaluation of Management Actions for
Recreational Fisheries.
Chapter
23. Adaptive Management for Recreational
Fisheries Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty.
Chapter
24. Data
Standardisation and Management to Facilitate Large-scale and
Interdisciplinary Approaches.
Chapter
25. Best Practices for Understanding
Recreational Fishers.
Kevin L. Pope is deputy chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units Program. Dr. Pope's research concentrates on understanding complex social-ecological systems, especially inland recreational fisheries. He received the Award of Excellence from the Fisheries Management Section of the American Fisheries Society for inspirational leadership in the fishery profession.
Robert Arlinghaus is professor of integrative fisheries management at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Dr. Arlinghaus leads a globally visible research program on the integration of social and ecological sciences in recreational fisheries. He is recipient of the German Communicator Award by the German Science Foundation. He is editor of the leading journal in fisheries, Fish and Fisheries.
Len M. Hunt is a senior human dimensions research scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Dr. Hunts program focuses on understanding the behaviours of anglers and hunters to estimate the benefits that these individuals obtain from their recreation and the impacts associated with their behaviours. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.
Abigail J. Lynch is a research fish biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Climate Adaptation Science Center. Dr. Lynch conducts science and science synthesis on the impacts of global change to inland fishes at local, national, and global scales. She is an associate editor of Fisheries Management and Ecology.
Brett T. van Poorten is assistant professor of recreational fisheries management and science at Simon Fraser University. Dr. van Poortens research focuses on integrating available information to promote informed decision making aimed at improving social and ecological outcomes from fisheries management actions.
