A novel survey method to assess fisheries stakeholders preferences and support for policies to conserve European eel (Anguilla anguilla L) ...
No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The reasons for the alarming decline of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla L., population are unknown. Conservation action is nevertheless needed, and is also demanded by European legislation. To understand fisheries stakeholders’ p...
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ASC 2009 - Theme session O
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25074386 https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/A_novel_survey_method_to_assess_fisheries_stakeholders_preferences_and_support_for_policies_to_conserve_European_eel_Anguilla_anguilla_L_/25074386 |
| Summary: | No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The reasons for the alarming decline of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla L., population are unknown. Conservation action is nevertheless needed, and is also demanded by European legislation. To understand fisheries stakeholders’ preferences for various eel conservation tools and thereby inform eel conservation planning, an innovative survey method, the maximum difference conjoint, was applied to recreational anglers in northern Germany. Results were used to develop a decision support tool to predict stakeholders’ support for eel conservation policies. Recreational anglers preferred moderately more restrictive eel harvest regulations but strongly opposed any form of effort and gear limitation. They strongly favoured tighter constraints on other sources of eel mortality (e.g. commercial fishing, cormorants, hydropower) along with increased stocking efforts compared to increased regulation of recreational eel angling. Overall, however, ... |
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