Benefits and risks of adopting the global code of practice for recreational fisheries
Fisheries
By: Robert Arlinghaus, T. Douglas Beard Jr., Steven J. Cooke, and Ian G. Cowx
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Abstract
Recreational fishing constitutes the dominant or sole use of many fish stocks, particularly in freshwater ecosystems in Western industrialized countries. However, despite their social and economic importance, recreational fisheries are generally guided by local or regional norms and standards, with few comprehensive policy and development frameworks existing across jurisdictions. We argue that adoption of a recently developed Global Code of Practice (CoP) for Recreational Fisheries can provide benefits for moving recreational fisheries toward sustainability on a global scale. The CoP is a voluntary document, specifically framed toward recreational fisheries practices and issues, thereby complementing and extending the United Nation's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries by the Food and Agricultural Organization. The CoP for Recreational Fisheries describes the minimum standards of environmentally friendly, ethically appropriate, and—depending on local situations—socially acceptable recreational fishing and its management. Although many, if not all, of the provisions presented in the CoP are already addressed through national fisheries legislation and state-based fisheries management regulations in North America, adopting a common framework for best practices in recreational fisheries across multiple jurisdictions would further promote their long-term viability in the face of interjurisdictional angler movements and some expanding threats to the activity related to shifting sociopolitical norms.
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Arlinghaus, R., Beard, T., Cooke, S., and Cowx, I.G., 2012, Benefits and risks of adopting the global code of practice for recreational fisheries: Fisheries, v. 37, no. 4, p. 165-172, https://doi.org/10.1080/03632415.2012.666473.
ISSN: 1548-8446 (online)
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Benefits and risks of adopting the global code of practice for recreational fisheries |
| Series title | Fisheries |
| DOI | 10.1080/03632415.2012.666473 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | April 03, 2012 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Publisher location | Philadelphia, PA |
| Contributing office(s) | National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, National Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Fisheries |
| First page | 165 |
| Last page | 172 |