Recreational Fisheries Ecological Economic And Social Evaluation Tony J Pitcher by Tony J. Pitcher, Chuck Hollingworth 9780470995402, 9780632063918, 0470995408, 0632063912 instant download after payment.

Recreational or sport fishing is important for three major reasons:

• economic (it is a multi-billion dollar world industry);
  
• social (it is embedded in the cultures of many nations;
  
• ecological (it affects the environment and food webs in many ways).

Recreational Fisheries covers a range of methods, case studies and perspectives on the multidisciplinary evaluation of the benefits and costs of sports fisheries.

Tony Pitcher and Charles Hollingworth, the editors of this landmark publication, have drawn together chapters from more than 30 contributors from North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa, providing a truly international perspective on a global industry. Contents include detailed assessments, evaluations and survey mthods of sport fisheries in many countries.

This book is an essential reference for anyone active in the management, assessment, policy making or development of sport and recreational fisheries worldwide. All fisheries scientists and managers will require a copy of this important publication. Environmental and aquatic scientists, ecologists and oceanographers will also find this book of great value in their work. Libraries in research establishments, laboratories and universities where fisheries and biological sciences are studied and taught should have multiple copies of this book.

• Covers a worldwide industry of great commercial importance.
  
• Internationally known editors and contributors from four continents.
  
• Uses case studies from around the globe to illustrate the subject.
  
• A core subject essential to fisheries scientists.

Content:
Chapter 1 Fishing for Fun: Where's the Catch? (pages 1–16): T. J. Pitcher and C. E. Hollingworth
Chapter 2 Recreational Fishing: Value is in the Eye of the Beholder (pages 17–33): Robert E. Kearney
Chapter 3 Economic Evaluation of Recreational Fishery Policies (pages 34–52): Murray A. Rudd, Henk Folmer and G. Cornelis van Kooten
Chapter 4 Recreational and Commercial Fishers in the Namibian Silver Kob Fishery (pages 53–62): Ussif Rashid Sumaila
Chapter 5 Projecting Recreational Fishing Participation (pages 63–73): Eric M. Thunberg and J. Walter Milon
Chapter 6 Catch?and?Release Recreational Fishing (pages 74–94): David Policansky
Chapter 7 Controversy Over Catch?and?Release Recreational Fishing in Europe (pages 95–106): Oystein Aas, Carol E. Thailing and Robert B. Ditton
Chapter 8 Maintaining Quality in Recreational Fisheries: How Success Breeds Failure in Management of Open?Access Sport Fisheries (pages 107–119): Sean Cox and Carl Walters
Chapter 9 The Importance of Angler Motivations in Sport Fishery Management (pages 120–129): Barbara Calvert
Chapter 10 Evaluating Recreational Fishing in Germany (pages 130–136): Werner Steffens and Michael Winkel
Chapter 11 A Survey of the Economic Value of Nordic Recreational Fisheries (pages 137–143): Anna?Liisa Toivonen
Chapter 12 An Evaluation of Recreational Fishing in England and Wales (pages 144–155): Jim Lyons, Phil Hickley and Stephen Gledhill
Chapter 13 Valuation and Policy in Alaskan Sport Fisheries (pages 156–185): J. W. Duffield, M. F. Merritt and C. J. Neher
Chapter 14 Evaluating Marine Sport Fisheries in the USA (pages 186–206): Brad Gentner and Alan Lowther
Chapter 15 New Large?Scale Survey Methods for Evaluating Sport Fisheries (pages 207–226): Jeremy M. Lyle, Anne P.M. Coleman, Laurie West, David Campbell and Gary W. Henry
Chapter 16 Evaluating the Marine Recreational Fishery in South Africa (pages 227–251): Marc H. Griffiths and Steve J. Lamberth
Chapter 17 The Next Chapter: Multicultural and Cross?Disciplinary Progress in Evaluating Recreational Fisheries (pages 252–263): Oystein Aas