Historical trends in Hawaiian game harvest and hunter participation in Hawai'i from 1946-2008.

ABSTRACT: At present, 21 game species have been successfully established in Hawai'i for the purpose of recreational and subsistence hunting. However, it is unknown how these management efforts have affected hunting and recreation trends in Hawai'i and how the patterns may parallel national data. Consequently, managers and biologists in Hawai'i have little reliable harvest and hunting participation information on which to base current and future management goals. This study provides the first ever analysis of public hunting data in the state of Hawai'i, and is one of only a handful nationally to investigate long-term hunting dynamics in the United States. Our goal was to understand historical hunting trends in the state of Hawai'i in order to provide baseline information to assist in current and futu

SUBMITTER: Lepczyk CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697321 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature