Economic contribution and social welfare of recreational charter boat fisheries in the northeast Atlantic: The cases of Galicia (Spain) and Madeira archipelago (Portugal)

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Pita, Pablo, Ainsworth, Gillian B., Antelo, Manel, Gouveia, Lidia, Martínez-Escauriaza, Roi, Tubío, Ana, Villasante, Sebastián
• Other Authors: Xunta de Galicia, HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council, Fundación Biodiversidad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Ballan; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.939533; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.939533/full

Recreational charter boat fisheries provide alternative economic development to traditional commercial fisheries, especially to coastal communities in warm seas. Charter boat fishing has been little studied in temperate regions, and the factors that trigger its development and social contribution to...