Resilient recreational fisheries or prone to collapse? A decade of research on the science and management of recreational fisheries

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 99-110

  Post, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depensation; Landscape scale; Regulations; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; FISHING EFFORT; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84875053534     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fme.12008     Document Type: Review

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