The importance of environmental quality and catch potential to fishing site selection by freshwater anglers in Mississippi
North American Journal of Fisheries Management
By: H.L. Schramm Jr., P.D. Gerard, and D.A. Gill
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Abstract
We measured the importance of 24 fishing site attributes to Mississippi freshwater anglers. Factor analysis identified four multiattribute factors as important in the selection of fishing location: CLEAN ENVIRONMENT CATCH, COST AND HARVEST and AMENITIES AND SAFETY. In general, the importance of site selection factors differed little among anglers grouped by preferred type of fish, preferred fishing location (lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, ponds, or reservoir tailwaters), usual manner of fishing (engine-powered boat, nonpowered boat, or shore), or change in fishing frequency. COST AND HARVEST was more important to anglers with high harvest orientations. We found low correlations between site selection factor importance scores and angler age, fishing frequency, fishing expenditures, or fishing motivation factors. We suggest that the general lack of differences in site selection factors among angler groups indicates that management strategies to improve fishing site attributes should benefit all angler groups. Clean fishing environments and awareness of the availability of desired sport fishes were "very" or "extremely" important to fishing site selection by more than 70% of Mississippi freshwater anglers and should be priority management objectives.
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Schramm, H., Gerard, P., and Gill, D., 2003, The importance of environmental quality and catch potential to fishing site selection by freshwater anglers in Mississippi: North American Journal of Fisheries Management, v. 23, no. 2, p. 512-522, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8675(2003)023<0512:TIOEQA>2.0.CO;2.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The importance of environmental quality and catch potential to fishing site selection by freshwater anglers in Mississippi |
| Series title | North American Journal of Fisheries Management |
| DOI | 10.1577/1548-8675(2003)023<0512:TIOEQA>2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | North American Journal of Fisheries Management |
| First page | 512 |
| Last page | 522 |