Abstract
AbstractSatisfaction is the reward that recreational anglers receive from their experiences, and it constitutes a relevant management target. Angler satisfaction also shapes preferences for regulations, compliance with rules and general angler behaviours. Because of its central role in recreational fisheries management, it is important to understand what drives angler satisfaction. Our objective was to study the catch and non‐catch‐related determinants of recreational angler satisfaction using a standardized literature search and synthesizing the literature using meta‐analytical techniques. After identifying and screening 279 papers, we obtained K = 172 effect sizes extracted from N = 23 studies that met our inclusion criteria. A three‐level random‐effects model on Pearson's R, derived from studies relating component satisfaction to overall satisfaction assuming a sum‐of‐satisfaction model, was fitted. The aggregated effect sizes revealed that catch‐related (i.e. catch rate, size of caught fish, fish harvest) and two non‐catch‐related components (i.e. access to fishing sites and crowding) were most related to angler satisfaction. Other non‐catch components (e.g. environmental quality, facilities, perception of relaxation quality) also contributed to angler satisfaction but were of less importance, more variable across studies and in some cases not significant (e.g. perceived water quality, quality of social experience). We conclude changes to access to fishing sites, crowding and a reduction in catch qualities, will in many cases produce dissatisfied anglers. In the absence of local studies, focusing management attention on these components can be recommended if the aim is to satisfy anglers or avoid managerial or social issues that emerge from dissatisfied anglers.
Highlights
Recreational fishing involves millions of people globally, generating billions of U.S dollars in a range of sectors (Arlinghaus et al, 2019; FAO, 2012)
The specific effect sizes varied by species, country, and the type of satisfaction measures used in the primary research, our results imply that changes to fishing site availability, crowding as well as reductions in catch qualities will produce dissatisfied anglers
| 19 to view these aspects as general guideposts in recreational fisheries management, if the aim is to produce satisfied anglers or avoid issues that emerge from dissatisfied anglers
Summary
Recreational fishing involves millions of people globally, generating billions of U.S dollars in a range of sectors (Arlinghaus et al, 2019; FAO, 2012). The fact that millions of recreational anglers exploit natural ecosystems around the world suggests that a range of social, economic, ecological and evolutionary impacts is associated with the practice (Ditton et al, 2002; Lewin et al, 2006; Tufts et al, 2015). Recreational fishing contributes to the well-being of individual anglers and angler-dependent industries, funding fisheries management and fostering active engagement of civil society with natural processes and biodiversity conservation (Arlinghaus et al, 2019; Bate, 2001; Daedlow et al, 2011; Granek et al, 2008; Parkkila et al, 2010; Tufts et al, 2015).
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