Fish welfare: A challenge to the feelings-based approach, with implications for recreational fishing

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-71

  Arlinghaus, Robert ^a,b   Cooke, Steven J ^c   Schwab, Alexander ^d   Cowx, Ian G ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Schwab and Sohn ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angling; Animal welfare; Catch and release; Environmental ethics; Recreational Fisheries

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ETHICS; FISHERY; FISHING; STAKEHOLDER;

ANIMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 33847035161     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2007.00233.x     Document Type: Review

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