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Socio-economics and Extension: Empowering People in
Fisheries Conversation
American Fisheries
Society Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
Organizers: Dr. James D. Murray, Program Leader for
Extension, NOAA National Sea Grant Office and Dr. John C. Whitehead, Department
of Economics and Finance, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Sponsors: AFS Socioeconomics section, USDA Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension Service and NOAA National Sea Grant
Office
Aldo Leopold believed in the power of the individual to
influence conservation decisions. As populations grow and pressures on
fisheries resources increase, it is more important than ever for fisheries
managers to be able to understand, give voice to and communicate with the
fishing public. Many fisheries professionals are familiar with and accept the
adage that �fisheries managers manage people, not fish.� Effective fisheries
management is about managing people and fisheries managers must understand
fishers including their motivations, aspirations and incentives to fish or not
fish. It is similarly important for fisheries managers be able to effectively
communicate with and listen to the fishing public.
Federal,
interstate, state and local fishery management agencies have received greatly
expanded responsibilities in the last two decades, many of them in the science
and regulatory arena. A good example is NOAA�s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), which Congress has provided numerous new responsibilities. As
evidenced by the more than 110 legal cases pending against NMFS in January, 2002
(NRC, 2002), more than ever, NMFS needs to foster understanding and partnerships
between fishers and scientists by providing easily understood information in
advance of actions and regulations.
Socio-economic
research and analysis is needed by management agencies to better understand the
people they are managing. Agencies at all levels will greatly benefit from
improved communications with fisheries constituencies through promotion of
better understanding of fisheries management activities and missions.
The proposed symposium is co-sponsored by the
socio-economic section of AFS and representatives of the Sea and Land Grant
fisheries extension community. Papers will address recent advances in the
understanding of and communications with fisheries constituencies.
Moderator:
Bruce Wilkins, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Speakers and Titles:
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Bill Provencher, University of Wisconsin |
The Economic Value of Lake Michigan Recreational Salmon
Fishing |
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Elena Besedin, Abt Associates |
Combining Ecological and Economic Analysis: An
Application to Valuation of Power Plant Impacts on Great Lakes
Recreational Fishing |
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Frank Lupi, Michigan State University |
The Potential for Collecting Angler Socioeconomics from
Great Lakes Creel Surveys |
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Brandon Schroeder, Michigan Sea Grant |
Great Lakes Fishery Leadership Institute |
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Richard Bishop, University of Wisconsin |
Estimating Post_Harvest Benefits From Increases in
Commercial Fish Catches with Implications for Remediation of Impingement
and Entrainment Losses at Power Plants |
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John Stoll, University of Wisconsin, Green
Bay |
Economic Value Associated with Viewing Lake Sturgeon in
Wisconsin |
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David Fulton, University of Minnesota |
Motivations for and Economic
Impacts of Coldwater Recreational Fishing in Lake Superior, Minnesota
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Nancy A. Connelly, Cornell University |
Economic Effects of Changing Water Levels on Lake
Ontario for Recreational Boaters, Anglers, and Related Businesses |
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William S. Breffle, Stratus Consulting |
Combining Stated Choice and Stated Frequency Data with
Observed Behavior to Value NRDA Compensable Damages: Green Bay, PCBs and
Fish Consumption Advisories |
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Timothy C. Haab, Ohio State University |
Estimating the Spatial and Temporal Benefits of
Recreational Boating and Angling in the Lake Erie Basin |
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Fred Snyder, Ohio Sea Grant Extension Program, Ohio
State University |
Strengthening Lake Erie�s Charter Fishing Industry
through Extension Education |
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David Kelch, Ohio Sea Grant, Ohio State University |
Socio-Economic Evaluation of Ohio�s Lake Erie Tributary
Steelhead Anglers, 2002-2003 |
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Herb Holloway, Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries |
Long-Term Relationship or One-Year Fling? Recruitment
and Retention of Recreational Anglers |
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Jon Lucy, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Institute of
Marine Science |
Involving Marine Anglers in
Research and Management Issues Associated with Selected Virginia and
Mid-Atlantic Recreational Fisheries
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Fred Harris, North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission |
Fisheries Conservation Foundation: Advancing
Conservation Through Science |
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Joseph Morris, Iowa State University |
Emerging Partnerships in Natural Research Extension
Programming |
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Troy Hartley, New Hampshire Sea Grant |
Attitudinal and Economic Impacts of Cooperative
Research and Extension on Commercial Fishermen in the Northeast |
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Sherman Hoyt, Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine
Cooperative Extension |
An Update on the Development of Co-Management and
Community-Based Management of Maine's Fisheries |
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Nancy Balcom, Connecticut Sea Grant College Program |
When Extension Meets Partners and Litigants: the Case
of the Long Island Sound Lobster Mortality |
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Gary Graham, Texas Sea Grant College Program |
Enabling Sustainable Fisheries: Sea Grant Extension
Addresses Bycatch |
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Ronald Kinnunen, Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State
University |
Great Lakes Native American Involvement In Fisheries
Extension Programs |
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Poster:
Robert Arlinghaus |
A human dimensions approach towards understanding
management preferences of anglers in Germany |
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