Insights into fisheries management practices: using the theory of planned behavior to explain fish stocking among a sample of Swiss anglers.

ABSTRACT: Using inadequate management tools often threatens the natural environment. This study focuses on the example of Swiss recreational fishermen (hereafter called "anglers") as recreational fisheries management stakeholders. In recreational fisheries, fish stocking conducted by anglers has been identified as one important factor associated with declining fish catches. We therefore aimed to a) gain insights into why anglers want to maintain fish stocking and b) identify entry points for interventions to promote more pro-ecological management practices. Results (N = 349) showed that the majority of anglers think very uncritically about stocking and that they frequently engage in it. We conclude that outcome expectancies and beliefs about risks, in combination with a lack of stocking success cont

SUBMITTER: von Lindern E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4267826 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature