Acknowledgements and Sponsors

4

Directors Foreword

5

Keynote Papers

Evaluating Recreational Fishing: Managing Perceptions and / or Reality (Bob Kearney)

9

Are recreational fisheries sustainable in multiple aquatic resource user situations? (I.G. Cowx)

15

Maintaining quality in recreational fisheries: how success breeds failure in management of open-access sport fisheries (Carl Walters and Sean Cox)

22

An economic model of recreational and commercial fishers (Ussif Rashid Sumaila)

30

Discussions & Perspectives

Allocation Issues: a discussion

36

Components of Value in Recreational Fisheries: a discussion

39

Recreational Fisheries: an open discussion

42

Perspectives from the Keynote Speakers

44

Contributed Papers

Status and trends in recreational marine fisheries in Kenya (Pamela Abuodha)

46

Relationships between recreational angling and native salmonids in Alberta: a historical perspective (M. Kerry Brewin)

51

Low consumption angler behaviour and preferred management strategies: the case of sport fishing in British Columbia's tidal waters (Barbara Calvert and Peter Williams)

58

Marine Recreational Fisheries in South Africa: Status and Challenges (A.C. Cockcroft, M.H. Griffiths and R.J.Q. Tarr)

64

FISHCOUNT: An innovative design for the collection of recreational fishing data (Anne P.M. Coleman and Laurie West)

71

Evaluating catch-and-release angling practices from the fish's perspective (Steven J. Cooke, Jason F. Schreer and R. Scott McKinley)

78

The resource management connection to recreational fishing policies and programs (Martin F. Golden)

88

Using revealed and stated preferences for estimating the benefits of recreational fisheries regulations (Amy Gautam and Robert Hicks)

92

Recreational fishery response to rebuilding and reallocation of the barramundi (Lates calcarifer) stocks in Australia's Northern Territory (R.K. Griffin and C.J. Walters)

101

Linking water quality improvements to recreational fishing values: The case of Chesapeake Bay Striped bass (Douglas W. Lipton and Robert Hicks)

105

Recreational Fishing in England and Wales (Jim Lyons, Lawrence Talks and Phil Hickley)

111

Economic Value of Northern Alaska Sport Fisheries and the Influence of management on statet trip frequency (Margaret F. Merritt, John Duffield and Chris Neher)

119

Economic benefits and value of a localized and seasonal Walleye fishery (Christopher O'Bara)

124

Current status and socioeconomic aspects of recreational fisheries in Germany (W.Steffens and M. Winkel)

130

Regional economic impact assessments of recreational fisheries: a case study of the marine party and charter boat service industry in Maine (Scott R. Steinback)

134

Marine recreational fishing participation in the northeast, U.S. 2000-20025 (Eric Thunberg)

143

Measuring total economic value of recreational fishery in the Scandinavian countries (Anna-Liisa Toivonen, Pekka Tuunainen, Stale Navrud, Eva Roth, Bo Bengtsson and Gudni Gudbergsson)

150

Curtis Coast, Central Queensland recreational fishers: importance, impact and involvement (Michael Walker)

154

Papers in Abstract

Abstracts and questions form other papers delivered at the conference

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List of Participants

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