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Social Consideration Associated With Marine Recreational Fishing Under Fcma
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1980
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Description:Research in the social and human behavior aspects of marine recreational fishing under the optimum yield objective of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976 is reviewed and related to a generalized sequential model of recreation behavior. The outdoor recreational literature reviewed indicates that sociological researchers and managers involved in marine recreational fishing need to consider six general factors: 1) The motivations and expectations of the fishermen; 2) the satisfactions and benefits of a fishing experience to fishermen; 3) typologies of various kinds of fishermen; 4) the preferences of fishermen for various fish species, management goals, and alternative regulations; 5) the social-demographic profiles fo fishermen; and 6) the correlations [sic] [correlation's] and interrelationships between the variables which measure these study topics ...
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Content Notes:Reprinted from Marine Fisheries Review. pp. 12-17, December 1980
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