Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery
Abstract In any fishery, it is important to know whether management decisions have an impact on catch and effort. This study demonstrates that bag limits can be an effective management tool for reducing effort when dealing with a retention‐oriented angling population. Since 1997, four different mana...
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crwiley:10.1002/nafm.10011 2024-06-02T08:03:31+00:00 Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery Veinott, Geoff Pike, Levi Variyath, Asokan Mulayath Fisheries and Oceans Canada Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10011 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fnafm.10011 https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nafm.10011 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor North American Journal of Fisheries Management volume 38, issue 1, page 210-222 ISSN 0275-5947 1548-8675 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10011 2024-05-03T12:00:25Z Abstract In any fishery, it is important to know whether management decisions have an impact on catch and effort. This study demonstrates that bag limits can be an effective management tool for reducing effort when dealing with a retention‐oriented angling population. Since 1997, four different management regimes ( MR s) have been applied to a recreational Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar fishery on Harry's River in Newfoundland, Canada. The four MR s include catch and release only ( MR 1); catch and release at the start of the season, with allowed retention after an in‐season review of stock status ( MR 2); retention angling for the whole season, with a fixed bag limit of two salmon ( MR 3); and retention angling for the whole season, with an increase in bag limit from two to four salmon after an in‐season review ( MR 4). A time series MA (1) model (moving average of order 1) was used to study the effect of MR on effort, with salmon abundance (measured as adult returns to the river) included as a confounding variable. Significantly less effort was reported by anglers fishing Harry's River under an MR 1 fishery compared with any other management scenario. However, MR 1 produced the greatest average CPUE , suggesting that a catch‐and‐release fishery attracted a more skilled or differently motivated angler. Catch and effort were linearly correlated, with an expected increase in total catch of 0.6 Atlantic Salmon for every extra day of effort. The greatest difference in effort occurred between MR 1 and MR 3, suggesting that a compromise between catch and release only and a bag limit of four salmon would likely satisfy challenge‐seeking as well as harvest‐oriented anglers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Newfoundland Salmo salar Wiley Online Library Canada North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38 1 210 222 |
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Abstract In any fishery, it is important to know whether management decisions have an impact on catch and effort. This study demonstrates that bag limits can be an effective management tool for reducing effort when dealing with a retention‐oriented angling population. Since 1997, four different management regimes ( MR s) have been applied to a recreational Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar fishery on Harry's River in Newfoundland, Canada. The four MR s include catch and release only ( MR 1); catch and release at the start of the season, with allowed retention after an in‐season review of stock status ( MR 2); retention angling for the whole season, with a fixed bag limit of two salmon ( MR 3); and retention angling for the whole season, with an increase in bag limit from two to four salmon after an in‐season review ( MR 4). A time series MA (1) model (moving average of order 1) was used to study the effect of MR on effort, with salmon abundance (measured as adult returns to the river) included as a confounding variable. Significantly less effort was reported by anglers fishing Harry's River under an MR 1 fishery compared with any other management scenario. However, MR 1 produced the greatest average CPUE , suggesting that a catch‐and‐release fishery attracted a more skilled or differently motivated angler. Catch and effort were linearly correlated, with an expected increase in total catch of 0.6 Atlantic Salmon for every extra day of effort. The greatest difference in effort occurred between MR 1 and MR 3, suggesting that a compromise between catch and release only and a bag limit of four salmon would likely satisfy challenge‐seeking as well as harvest‐oriented anglers. |
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Veinott, Geoff Pike, Levi Variyath, Asokan Mulayath Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery |
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Veinott, Geoff Pike, Levi Variyath, Asokan Mulayath |
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Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery |
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Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery |
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Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery |
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Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery |
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Response of Anglers to Less‐Restrictive Harvest Controls in a Recreational Atlantic Salmon Fishery |
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response of anglers to less‐restrictive harvest controls in a recreational atlantic salmon fishery |
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Atlantic salmon Newfoundland Salmo salar |
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