Angler apps as a source of recreational fisheries data: opportunities, challenges and proposed standards

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 578-595

  Venturelli, Paul A ^a   Hyder, Kieran ^b   Skov, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Apps; bias; fisheries dependent data; recreational; smartphone; standards

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOBILE PHONE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE USE; SAMPLING BIAS; SOFTWARE; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 84988864832     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12189     Document Type: Article

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