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<a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=1"></br>1 Towards A Marketing Approach to Recreational Fisheries in British Columbia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=2"></br>2 Billfish Moratorium - Kingdom of Tonga</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=3"></br>3 Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is threatening fish populations and sustainable fishing in Europe</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=4"></br>4 Sport Fishing in Brazil: Much to Learn and Much to Do</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=5"></br>5 The Power of Responsible Recreational Fishing Activism and Representation to Achieve Sustainable Fisheries Management at National Government Level - an Australian Example</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=6"></br>6 Community Based Conservation in Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=7"></br>7 Results of the 2005 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=8"></br>8 Enhancing National Economies Through Sportfishing</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=9"></br>9 Success in Boosting Marine Conservation in Baja California Sur, Mexico through the Application of Recreational Fishing Economic Information</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=10"></br>10 Reducing Release Mortality through Educational Programs in Florida</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=11"></br>11 The effect of shoreline angling on aquatic and riparian ecosystems within an urbanized region </br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=12"></br>12 Is Recreational Fishing a Threat to Global Fish Conservation?</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=13"></br>13 Biological consequences of selection for angling vulnerability in a recreational sportfish</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=14"></br>14 Sportfishing Participation: Keep Them Coming!</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=15"></br>15 Spatial Implications of the Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef (Northern Australia) on Recreation Fishers</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=16"></br>16 Recreational Fishers' Perceptions of the Costs and Benefits of the 2004 Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=17"></br>17 Is Catch-and-Release angling compatible with sustainable development of recreational fisheries in the western Mediterranean? The case of sport tournaments in the Balearic Islands</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=18"></br>18 Circle hooks, size hook, barbless hooks and conventional "J" hooks: a comparison of different gears performance in order to sustainable development of recreational fisheries in the western Mediterrane</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=19"></br>19 Analysis of recreational fisheries of sea bass in France</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=20"></br>20 "Gently Does It" campaign succeeds in improving fishing practices</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=21"></br>21 Improving amateur catch information in New Zealand: Implementing a reporting regime for the marine recreational charter vessel fleet</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=22"></br>22 Challenges and Contentions in Marine Park Planning - A participatory fishing stakeholder solution?</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=23"></br>23 Lessons available from anglers' records: Case study of the Brno reservoir (Czech Republic)</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=24"></br>24 New on-line services from FishBase for angler communities with special focus on mobile devices applications</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=25"></br>25 Integrating angler behavior and fish population dynamics: Implications for recreational fisheries management</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=26"></br>26 Habitat, Processes, and Scales: Linking environmental observations and recreational king mackerel catch statistics off west-central Florida</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=27"></br>27 Primary Study Aggregation Effects: Meta-Analysis of Recreational Fishing Studies</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=30"></br>30 Monitoring fish stocks with rods as a tool for promoting fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=31"></br>31 Stocking up German recreational fisheries: the influence of communicative linkage and level of management responsibility on sustainable management</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=32"></br>32 Recreational Fishing as a "Self-subsidising" Activity: Implications for Sustainability of Targeted Fish Stocks</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=33"></br>33 Why I don't fish anymore: declining participation trends in recreational fishing in Queensland, Australia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=34"></br>34 Recreational only fishing areas in Marine Parks: Are they effective?</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=35"></br>35 Releasing gravid female rockfish. Is it an effective management tool? Developing a collaborative barotrauma research project with fishermen</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=37"></br>37 An analysis of individual transferable quotas for both the commercial and recreational fishing sector</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=38"></br>38 Understanding fish-angler-interactions at a landscape level to improve fisheries management</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=39"></br>39 Nothing to hide - The position of angling in an urbanised society</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=40"></br>40 Impacts and conflicts of recreational fishing on the Western Mediterranean: the case of the Balearic Islands</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=41"></br>41 A model for a proactive non-profit organization: research-based conservation and education</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=42"></br>42 Meteorological and fishing-related determinants of angling success in pike (Esox lucius) </br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=43"></br>43 Applying biotelemetry to catch and release angling research: Opportunities to inform fisheries management and policy</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=44"></br>44 Predicting Recreational Fishing Participation on A Global Scale</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=45"></br>45 The current debate on fish welfare constitutes a latent issue of global relevance for the future of recreational fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=46"></br>46 A Global Code of Practice of Recreational Fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=47"></br>47 The Use of Satellite Remote Sensing in Ecosystem Based Recreational Fisheries Management</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=49"></br>49 Transforming a Cultural Treasure into a Sustainable Recreational Fishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=50"></br>50 Scientists and Recreational Fishers: Communication manners and its efficiency</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=51"></br>51 Generating biological, sociological and economic insights into angler populations with a large-scale survey - A telephone-diary-mail approach</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=52"></br>52 Predicting eel (Anguilla anguilla) anglers' behavioural responses to new fishing regulations: a choice modelling approach</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=53"></br>53 Community Based Management of Recreational Fisheries in the Maritime Provinces of Canada</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=54"></br>54 Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries in Central Queensland Auatralia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=55"></br>55 Project FishSmart: Harnessing the Knowledge and Insights of Fishery Stakeholders</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=56"></br>56 Development and promotion of the release weight in Western Australia to reduce the impact of barotrauma</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=57"></br>57 The benefit of strategic alliances for recreational fishing</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=58"></br>58 Managing for sustainability in a recreational scallop fishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=59"></br>59 Inland & Marine Protected Areas - Eastern & Northern Australia </br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=60"></br>60 Great Australian Shark Count</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=61"></br>61 Assessing recreational catch and effort in a highly specialised land-based pelagic Gamefish fishery in south-eastern Australia using electronic diaries and on-site surveys</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=62"></br>62 Introduction of non-native fish in Norway: a serious threat to the biological diversity and the opportunity for recreational fishing</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=63"></br>63 Adaptive management of stream fisheries in Sweden - effects of harvest regulations and angler attitudes</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=64"></br>64 How much cod is removed from the Western Baltic Sea by recreational fishers?</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=65"></br>65 Migration patterns of pike perch in the Dutch river systems</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=66"></br>66 Influence of Florida coastal no-take marine protected areas on International Gamefish Association (IGFA) world records for black drum, red drum, spotted seatrout, and common snook </br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=67"></br>67 Global perspectives on the future of recreational fishing: opinions from researchers, managers, and anglers</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=68"></br>68 Injury Frequency for Discarded Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in the Recreational Fishery of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Influence of Landing Size Regulations</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=69"></br>69 Evaluating Catch, Effort, and Bag Limits on Summer Flounder Directed Trips in the Recreational Summer Flounder Party Boat Fishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=70"></br>70 Status of Recreational Saltwater Fishing in Florida: Characterization of License Sales, Participation, and Fishing Effort</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=71"></br>71 Steps Forward: Outline of the Development Strategy of Recreational Fisheries in Lithuania</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=72"></br>72 Fishing for today and tomorrow: Recreational fisheries monitoring in Queensland, Australia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=73"></br>73 Recreational Fishing Governance: A New Model for Property Rights and Resource Ownership</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=74"></br>74 The "Research Angler" Program: involving recreational anglers in developing best handling practices for a catch-and-release fishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=75"></br>75 Can a sustainable management framework for a vulnerable recreational fishery still provide for a quality recreational fishing experience - a case study of an overfished demersal scalefish fishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=76"></br>76 Resource Sharing - The Key To Sustainable Recreational Fisheries </br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=77"></br>77 Understanding catch and release behaviour in a multi-sector recreational gamefishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=78"></br>78 Recreational Fishing: Crowding versus Sociability</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=80"></br>80 Factors driving recreational fishing licence sales and implications for management in New South Wales, Australia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=81"></br>81 Changing fishing culture and governance: values and interests in Finnish recreational fishing</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=82"></br>82 Conditions of Estuarine Recreational Fisheries: A case study of the Ebro River delta</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=83"></br>83 Can self-imposed regulations be used to benefit recreational sea angling for European sea bass in Norway in the absence of centralized, governmental management?</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=84"></br>84 Catching recreational fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=85"></br>85 Climate change brings new species to Norwegian coastal waters: social and ecological opportunities and challenges with European sea bass</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=86"></br>86 Movement patterns and behaviour for three important sport fish using acoustic transmitters in the inner Oslo Fjord, Norway</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=87"></br>87 Seasonal differences in the consequences of sub-lethal stressors: Understanding potential population-level consequences of catch-and-release angling</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=88"></br>88 Temporal Trends in Largemouth Bass Mortality with Fishery Implications</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=89"></br>89 Angling Fact Versus Angler Fiction - Has the Quality of Irish Coarse Angling Declined? A case study</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=91"></br>91 Towards a typology of French recreational fishers</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=92"></br>92 Size-limits, harvest-limits, and release mortality: Counterintuitive population effects due to interactions among common fisheries management strategies</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=93"></br>93 Recreational rod and reel fishing from the shore in the south of Portugal: a preliminary socio-economic approach</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=94"></br>94 Exploitative competition between angler groups impacts catch rates</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=95"></br>95 Making Sense of MPAs: Toward a Comprehensive and Effective National System in the U.S.</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=96"></br>96 Net Economic Values for Wildlife-Related Recreation in 2006</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=97"></br>97 Building legitimacy of the recreational fishing sector in mixed commercial-recreational fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=98"></br>98 Recovery profile and magnitude of physiological disturbance in two size classes of exercised largemouth bass</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=99"></br>99 Strengthening the Future of Florida's Fisheries: Stakeholder Involvement in the Management Process</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=100"></br>100 Strategic Review of Revenue Raising Instruments for Recreational Fisheries in Australia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=101"></br>101 Do MPAs Always Have To Be "No Take" To Be Effective? A Science-Based Look At A Complex Question</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=102"></br>102 Brazilian Coastal and Estuarine Marine Recreational Fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=103"></br>103 Bioeconomic Equilibrium in Recreational Fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=104"></br>104 Establishing a Consistent Approach for Obtaining Reliable Economic Impact Estimates for Sport Fishing: an Alaska Example</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=105"></br>105 The Socio-economic Impacts of Recreational Fishing by Target Species in St. Helens, Tasmania, Australia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=106"></br>106 The impact of weather on weekly sales of rod licences in England & Wales</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=107"></br>107 The economic impact of freshwater angling in England and Wales</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=108"></br>108 Exploring Survey Methodologies for Collecting Recreational Angler Expenditure Data</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=109"></br>109 Sustainable Development in Oceania: Comparing the Economics of Industries that Utilize Fishery Resources</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=110"></br>110 Measuring Atlantic Tarpon Catch-and-Release Mortality Rates from Florida's Gulf Coast Recreational Fishery, USA</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=111"></br>111 Mapping Movements and Migrations of Dolphinfish Found off the United States East Coast Utilizing Recreational Fishermen </br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=112"></br>112 Development of an Environmental Standard for Recreational Fishing Tournaments</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=113"></br>113 The need of an integrated regional policy framework for ecosystem-wide billfish conservation and management in the Eastern Pacific</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=114"></br>114 Anglers As Scientists - Georgia's Marine Sportfish Carcass Recovery Project</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=115"></br>115 Surveying the For-Hire Sector: Economic Heterogeneity in the Southeastern U.S. Charter Boat Industry</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=116"></br>116 Improving Marine Recreational Fishing Information in the U.S</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=118"></br>118 The potential of recreational fishermen as a source of local ecological knowledge (LEK) to characterize fisheries and study fish behaviors</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=119"></br>119 Marine Recreational Fishermen and Oceans Governance</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=146"></br>146 The Challenges of Maintaining a large wild brown trout lake fishery</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=147"></br>147 The development of the striped marlin fishery and management framework in New Zealand</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=148"></br>148 How a Vision for the future of the recreational fishery in B.C. was created between the Angler, the Federal Government and the Provincial Government</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=149"></br>149 Fishing in the City: A Case Study of the Urban Fishing Pilot Program in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=150"></br>150 Management Measures and the Recreational Fishery in British Columbia</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=151"></br>151 From commercial fishing to fishing tourism: Tourism entrepreneurship in transitional maritime communities in New Zealand</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=153"></br>153 A study on the management planning of angling at fishing harbors</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=155"></br>155 The physiological response of the tigerfish, Hydrocynus vittatus, to angling in the Okavango Delta, Botswana</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=156"></br>156 Acute toxicity of preservative chemicals in organic baits used in carp, Cyprinus carpio, recreational fishing</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=157"></br>157 Effects of air exposure and live retention on physiology and behaviour of carp</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=164"></br>164 Climate Change in Fisheries Management: What Do We Know?</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=179"></br>179 How RBFF Increases Participation in Boating & Fishing</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=180"></br>180 Using email surveys to evaluate the recreational spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) fishery in Florida for fisheries management</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=181"></br>181 Comparison of Self-Reported and Observed Recreational Catches from the For-Hire Headboat Fishery in Florida</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=182"></br>182 The Western Native Trout Initiative - A New Approach to Fisheries Management</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=183"></br>183 An Atlantic Canadian First Nation Recreational Fishery - A Case Study in Developing Opportunities</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=189"></br>189 Sport Fish Restoration - An Essential Partnership for Managing Florida's Fisheries</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=190"></br>190 Latitudinal variation in maximum weight of angler-caught Fishes</br></a><a href="abstracts_details.asp?id=191"></br>191 Freshwater recreational fisheries in tropical Australia: Emerging sustainability issues</br></a>
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