Emma B. Polard, Chloe N. Kraemer, Leigh P. Gaffney, Francis Juanes
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{"title":"Fisheries Volume 49 Number 9 September 2024","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/fsh.11047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12389,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries","volume":"49 9","pages":"397-448"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda M. Kerkhove, Ashley Trudeau, Olaf P. Jensen, Daniel A. Isermann, Patricia A. Dombrowski, Alexandra M. Latimer, Zachary S. Feiner
Rapid technological advancement often receives a mix of criticism and welcome implementation. Fishing technologies, such as sonar, are believed to enable anglers to be more efficient and effective in their angling. There are concerns from anglers and managers of increased catch by technology users. We assessed the relationships between technology use—defined as the use of imaging technology such as sonar and underwater cameras—and catch, angler expectations of catch, and trip satisfaction using a dual intercept creel survey. Angling technologies were used by 80% and 79% of intercepted boat and ice anglers, respectively, but only 3.9% of shore anglers. Fishing technologies increased expected catch for game fish anglers, but not panfish anglers, and had no effect on actual catch for either group. Most anglers caught fewer fish than expected, and technology did not improve their ability to meet expectations. Technology use was associated with decreased overall satisfaction among panfish and game fish anglers. These results suggest that concerns about fishing technology increasing catch may not be warranted. Rather, technology use may affect angler expectations and negatively impact angler satisfaction, potentially influencing angler behavior.
{"title":"Understanding the Role of Recreational Angling Technology in Angler Expectations of Catch, Trip Catch, and Angler Satisfaction","authors":"Amanda M. Kerkhove, Ashley Trudeau, Olaf P. Jensen, Daniel A. Isermann, Patricia A. Dombrowski, Alexandra M. Latimer, Zachary S. Feiner","doi":"10.1002/fsh.11157","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fsh.11157","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rapid technological advancement often receives a mix of criticism and welcome implementation. Fishing technologies, such as sonar, are believed to enable anglers to be more efficient and effective in their angling. There are concerns from anglers and managers of increased catch by technology users. We assessed the relationships between technology use—defined as the use of imaging technology such as sonar and underwater cameras—and catch, angler expectations of catch, and trip satisfaction using a dual intercept creel survey. Angling technologies were used by 80% and 79% of intercepted boat and ice anglers, respectively, but only 3.9% of shore anglers. Fishing technologies increased expected catch for game fish anglers, but not panfish anglers, and had no effect on actual catch for either group. Most anglers caught fewer fish than expected, and technology did not improve their ability to meet expectations. Technology use was associated with decreased overall satisfaction among panfish and game fish anglers. These results suggest that concerns about fishing technology increasing catch may not be warranted. Rather, technology use may affect angler expectations and negatively impact angler satisfaction, potentially influencing angler behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":12389,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries","volume":"49 10","pages":"463-474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/fsh.11157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaron J. Adams, Ross E. Boucek, Justin P. Lewis, Steven M. Lombardo, Addiel U. Perez, JoEllen K. Wilson, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Lucas P. Griffin
Effective modern conservation depends on active stakeholder participation. Although stakeholder engagement is increasing, the extent of this engagement and the successful application of outcomes to science and management varies regionally and among types of fisheries. A collaborative model that emphasizes knowledge coproduction with stakeholders better identifies research needs and conservation threats, and influences research and policy outcomes. Stakeholder integration can be facilitated by nongovernment organizations, such as boundary organizations. Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is a science‐based, conservation organization founded in 1998 by recreational fishers and fishing guides that focuses on marine recreational fisheries in the Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean. The Trust engages fishers directly, incorporating their knowledge and perspectives to identify conservation concerns, shape research, contribute to data collection, and disseminate information, and work with resource managers and scientific researchers to address conservation and management needs. This approach is demonstrated in case studies that show integration of recreational fishers in science, assessment of conservation threats, and application of findings to management for the recreational flats fishery in the Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean, in the context of broader efforts of stakeholder collaboration toward actionable science to inform management.
{"title":"Stakeholder Engagement as a Core Component of Recreational Marine Fisheries Research, Education, and Conservation","authors":"Aaron J. Adams, Ross E. Boucek, Justin P. Lewis, Steven M. Lombardo, Addiel U. Perez, JoEllen K. Wilson, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Lucas P. Griffin","doi":"10.1002/fsh.11166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11166","url":null,"abstract":"Effective modern conservation depends on active stakeholder participation. Although stakeholder engagement is increasing, the extent of this engagement and the successful application of outcomes to science and management varies regionally and among types of fisheries. A collaborative model that emphasizes knowledge coproduction with stakeholders better identifies research needs and conservation threats, and influences research and policy outcomes. Stakeholder integration can be facilitated by nongovernment organizations, such as boundary organizations. Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is a science‐based, conservation organization founded in 1998 by recreational fishers and fishing guides that focuses on marine recreational fisheries in the Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean. The Trust engages fishers directly, incorporating their knowledge and perspectives to identify conservation concerns, shape research, contribute to data collection, and disseminate information, and work with resource managers and scientific researchers to address conservation and management needs. This approach is demonstrated in case studies that show integration of recreational fishers in science, assessment of conservation threats, and application of findings to management for the recreational flats fishery in the Caribbean Sea and western North Atlantic Ocean, in the context of broader efforts of stakeholder collaboration toward actionable science to inform management.","PeriodicalId":12389,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142205517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
<p>Jim Lichatowich</p><p>May 10, 1941 – April 28, 2024</p><p>It is hard to exaggerate Jim Lichatowich's contributions to fisheries science, management of Pacific salmon <i>Oncorhynchus</i> spp., and environmental history, philosophy, and ethics. Jim was a beloved father, husband, and grandfather, and a gifted research biologist, agency administrator, consultant, writer, and woodcarver. He died April 28, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. Jim was our mentor and friend. His unconventional career path left an extraordinary legacy to salmon conservation.</p><p>Jim enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served for 4 years immediately after graduating high school. He was proud of his military service. In 1973, after receiving his Oregon State University MS in fisheries and working for a few years as a consultant, Jim took a research position with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. He rose quickly through the agency ranks to become head of the Research Section in 1979 and Assistant Chief for the Department's entire Fish Division in 1983. During 15 years of state government service, Jim nudged the agency toward a more rigorous science-based approach to salmon conservation and fisheries management. The rapidly growing research group thrived under his capable leadership. As Assistant Chief of Fisheries, Jim assumed responsibility for developing species management plans, including the first statewide plans for Coho Salmon <i>Oncorhynchus kisutch</i> and Chinook Salmon <i>O. tshawytscha</i>, steelhead <i>O. mykiss</i>, and native trout.</p><p>In 1988 Jim began working with AFS Endangered Species Committee members Willa Nehlsen and Jack Williams on a broad West Coast status assessment of Pacific salmon stocks. The seminal 1991 paper in <i>Fisheries</i> titled, “Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads: Stocks at Risk from California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington,” made it painfully clear that salmonid decline was not confined to a few scattered watersheds. The paper's list of several hundred at-risk stocks of Pacific salmon, steelhead, and Coastal Cutthroat Trout <i>O clarkii</i> revealed a systemic management failure over a vast northern Pacific region.</p><p>Recurring fishery management failures motivated Jim's determined search to understand the historical and ecological roots of the salmon crisis. To focus his search, Jim traded his prominent role as a state fisheries administrator to become a field biologist for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe on Washington's Olympic Peninsula in 1988. Three years later, he became an independent consultant to ensure the flexibility to set his own agenda. Over the next decade Jim and his coauthors published dozens of peer-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters, and technical reports about the ultimate sources of salmon decline and alternative strategies for recovery. Jim served on numerous scientific review panels and provided technical advice for salmon studies and recovery programs from the Skeena River, British Columbia, to t
{"title":"In Memoriam","authors":"Dan Bottom, Dave Buchanan, Kirk Schroeder","doi":"10.1002/fsh.11167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11167","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Jim Lichatowich</p><p>May 10, 1941 – April 28, 2024</p><p>It is hard to exaggerate Jim Lichatowich's contributions to fisheries science, management of Pacific salmon <i>Oncorhynchus</i> spp., and environmental history, philosophy, and ethics. Jim was a beloved father, husband, and grandfather, and a gifted research biologist, agency administrator, consultant, writer, and woodcarver. He died April 28, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. Jim was our mentor and friend. His unconventional career path left an extraordinary legacy to salmon conservation.</p><p>Jim enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served for 4 years immediately after graduating high school. He was proud of his military service. In 1973, after receiving his Oregon State University MS in fisheries and working for a few years as a consultant, Jim took a research position with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. He rose quickly through the agency ranks to become head of the Research Section in 1979 and Assistant Chief for the Department's entire Fish Division in 1983. During 15 years of state government service, Jim nudged the agency toward a more rigorous science-based approach to salmon conservation and fisheries management. The rapidly growing research group thrived under his capable leadership. As Assistant Chief of Fisheries, Jim assumed responsibility for developing species management plans, including the first statewide plans for Coho Salmon <i>Oncorhynchus kisutch</i> and Chinook Salmon <i>O. tshawytscha</i>, steelhead <i>O. mykiss</i>, and native trout.</p><p>In 1988 Jim began working with AFS Endangered Species Committee members Willa Nehlsen and Jack Williams on a broad West Coast status assessment of Pacific salmon stocks. The seminal 1991 paper in <i>Fisheries</i> titled, “Pacific Salmon at the Crossroads: Stocks at Risk from California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington,” made it painfully clear that salmonid decline was not confined to a few scattered watersheds. The paper's list of several hundred at-risk stocks of Pacific salmon, steelhead, and Coastal Cutthroat Trout <i>O clarkii</i> revealed a systemic management failure over a vast northern Pacific region.</p><p>Recurring fishery management failures motivated Jim's determined search to understand the historical and ecological roots of the salmon crisis. To focus his search, Jim traded his prominent role as a state fisheries administrator to become a field biologist for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe on Washington's Olympic Peninsula in 1988. Three years later, he became an independent consultant to ensure the flexibility to set his own agenda. Over the next decade Jim and his coauthors published dozens of peer-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters, and technical reports about the ultimate sources of salmon decline and alternative strategies for recovery. Jim served on numerous scientific review panels and provided technical advice for salmon studies and recovery programs from the Skeena River, British Columbia, to t","PeriodicalId":12389,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries","volume":"49 9","pages":"440"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/fsh.11167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"$100M Gift to Establish William & Mary's Batten School of Coastal and Marine Sciences","authors":"Jennifer Page Wall","doi":"10.1002/fsh.11164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12389,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries","volume":"49 9","pages":"441-443"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Howard Townsend, Jason S. Link, Geret DePiper, Lauran R. Brewster, Steven X. Cadrin, Fiona Edwards
Fisheries management has focused on single stocks, not directly accounting for species interactions, and usually only considering economic factors in post hoc analysis. This approach has been successfully applied for many species over many years, but may also inadvertently result in greater risks being incurred. We demonstrate a portfolio optimization approach to inform a broader set of fishery concerns as a way to emphasize species interactions and economic considerations in resource management decision making. The approach can use readily available data on landings and revenue to generate easily digestible indicators of risk, namely the risk gap (i.e., the difference between actual and optimal portfolio values). Herein, we calculate portfolio efficiency frontiers that minimize risk for target revenue outcomes and resulting risk gaps for commercial fisheries using the top 25 landed-value species in six U.S. fisheries regions. Most regions exhibited a risk gap on the order of US$20–50 million, collectively on average over $250 million. Risk gaps can be used as ecosystem-level indicators to inform managers of the unnecessary risk being assumed for a given level of revenue for a portfolio of fisheries stocks, which can move us towards operational ecosystem-based fisheries management.
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{"title":"Celebrating Our Partners: An Interview with Executive Director of Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo Kevin Chang","authors":"Kaylyn Zipp","doi":"10.1002/fsh.11161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.11161","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12389,"journal":{"name":"Fisheries","volume":"49 9","pages":"400-401"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142160157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}