The relationship between personal commitment to angling and the opinions and attitudes of German anglers towards the conservation and management of the European eel Anguilla anguilla

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 466-479

  Dorow, Malte ^a,c   Arlinghaus, Robert ^b  

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

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c State Research Center Mecklenburg Vorpommern for Agriculture and Fishery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EEL; EUROPEAN UNION; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DECLINE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

GERMANY;

ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 84862012768     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2012.680006     Document Type: Article

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