Characterizing the Human Dimensions of a Hidden Fishery: Riverine Trotline Fishers

Autor: Benjamin D. Dickinson, Donald J. Orth, Steve L. McMullin
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Fisheries. 40:386-394
ISSN: 1548-8446
0363-2415
DOI: 10.1080/03632415.2015.1062372
Popis: Hidden fisheries include catfish harvesters who use trotlines and are seldom surveyed. We examined trotline fishers to describe fishing habits and techniques, trotline fishing knowledge, recreational motivations, and opinions of the fishery, regulations, and conflicts with other river users. Trotline fishers on the New River, Virginia, were secretive and solitary, and some were socioeconomically disadvantaged. They placed high importance on catch- and harvest-related factors, in contrast to many other angler groups who use highly specialized methods. They relied on harvesting catfish for varying degrees of sustenance to their diet or income. Trotline fishing appears to be part of a larger “way of life” for some rural individuals, who may also hunt, trap, and garden as part of activities to supplement their diet or income. New River trotline fishers strongly believed that participation in trotline fishing had declined significantly in the New River Valley due to improving socioeconomic status of the region...
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