Recreational fisheries [[electronic resource] ] : ecological, economic, and social evaluation / / edited by Tony J. Pitcher and Charles E. Hollingworth

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Blackwell Science, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.956; 338.477991
• Soggetto topico: Fishing; Fisheries - Economic aspects; Fishery management
• Altri autori: PitcherT. J HollingworthC. E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Recreational Fisheries; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Fishing for Fun: Where s the Catch?; 2 Recreational Fishing: Value is in the Eye of the Beholder; 3 Economic Evaluation of Recreational Fishery Policies; 4 Recreational and Commercial Fishers in the Namibian Silver Kob Fishery; 5 Projecting Recreational Fishing Participation; 6 Catch-and-Release Recreational Fishing: a Historical Perspective; 7 Controversy over Catch-and-Release Recreational Fishing in Europe ; 8 Maintaining Quality in Recreational Fisheries: How Success Breeds Failure in Management of Open-Access Sport Fisheries9 The Importance of Angler Motivations in Sport Fishery Management; 10 Evaluating Recreational Fishing in Germany; 11 A Survey of the Economic Value of Nordic Recreational Fisheries; 12 An Evaluation of Recreational Fishing in England and Wales; 13 Valuation and Policy in Alaskan Sport Fisheries; 14 Evaluating Marine Sport Fisheries in the USA; 15 New Large-Scale Survey Methods for Evaluating Sport Fisheries; 16 Evaluating the Marine Recreational Fishery in South Africa ; 17 The Next Chapter: Multicultural and Cross-Disciplinary Progress in Evaluating Recreational FisheriesIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Recreational or sport fishing is important for three major reasons:economic (it is a multi-billion dollar world industry); social (it is embedded in the cultures of many nations; ecological (it affects the environment and food webs in many ways). Recreational Fisheries covers a range of methods, case studies and perspectives on the multidisciplinary evaluation of the benefits and costs of sports fisheries. Tony Pitcher and Charles Hollingworth, the editors of this landmark publication, have drawn together chapters from more than 30
• Titolo autorizzato: Recreational fisheries
• ISBN: 1-280-19937-7; 9786610199372; 0-470-70977-4; 0-470-99539-4; 0-470-99540-8; 1-4051-2338-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830043303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fish and aquatic resources series ; ; 8.