Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards
Abstract Poaching is still a great problem in Poland. Officers of the fisheries guard from three regions in northeast Poland rich in natural inland waters were surveyed. The most frequent type of poaching encountered by the officers was that practised by recreational fishers using rods (ranking of 4...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/aopf-2020-0015 2024-09-15T17:39:38+00:00 Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards Mickiewicz, Maciej Wołos, Arkadiusz Trella, Marek 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0015 https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/aopf/28/2/article-p125.xml https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/aopf-2020-0015 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Fisheries & Aquatic Life volume 28, issue 2, page 125-132 ISSN 2545-059X journal-article 2020 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0015 2024-07-22T04:11:03Z Abstract Poaching is still a great problem in Poland. Officers of the fisheries guard from three regions in northeast Poland rich in natural inland waters were surveyed. The most frequent type of poaching encountered by the officers was that practised by recreational fishers using rods (ranking of 4.4 points on a scale of 0–5) followed by poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (3.4 points), and poaching by professional fishermen was ranked the lowest (1.5 points). Organized poaching was identified as the most dangerous for ichthyofauna (42% of responses), followed by poaching by recreational fishers (28%) and poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (23%). According to the officers surveyed, the species that were targeted by poachers most frequently were the predators: pike, Esox lucius (98% of responses), European eel, Anguilla anguilla , pikeperch, Sander lucioperca and perch, Perca fluviatilis . Article in Journal/Newspaper Anguilla anguilla European eel De Gruyter Fisheries & Aquatic Life 28 2 125 132 |
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Abstract Poaching is still a great problem in Poland. Officers of the fisheries guard from three regions in northeast Poland rich in natural inland waters were surveyed. The most frequent type of poaching encountered by the officers was that practised by recreational fishers using rods (ranking of 4.4 points on a scale of 0–5) followed by poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (3.4 points), and poaching by professional fishermen was ranked the lowest (1.5 points). Organized poaching was identified as the most dangerous for ichthyofauna (42% of responses), followed by poaching by recreational fishers (28%) and poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (23%). According to the officers surveyed, the species that were targeted by poachers most frequently were the predators: pike, Esox lucius (98% of responses), European eel, Anguilla anguilla , pikeperch, Sander lucioperca and perch, Perca fluviatilis . |
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Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards |
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Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards |
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Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards |
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Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards |
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Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards |
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