- Harvest Strategies : https://www.nap.edu/read/5951/chapter/6

- Paul J. Radomski, Initial attempts to actively manage recreational fishery harvest in Minnesota, North American Journal of Fisheries Management · November 2003 (see attached pdf).

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You might want to contact the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The sale of both red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)--2 estuarine dependent species--is prohibited. The fishery for these species is managed by size limits, bag and possession limits, and gear restrictions. Red drum are also managed by the National Marine Fisheries Service as a recreational fishery (at least in the Gulf of Mexico), I think. In addition, the National Marine Fisheries has a management plan for billfish in the Atlantic Ocean, in which harvest of marlin and sailfish is limited to recreational fishers only.

As you know, it depends a lot on the nature of the fishery/ecosystem, including the socio-economic framework.

A wag here suggested that we should encourage as much sports (recreational) fishing as the docks can take because their catch rates are so low! Lots of economic impact with minimal ecosystem impact. Except for the diesel. [There are restrictions on some off-shore recreational fisheries, but to a certain extent these are more related to equity with more restricted commercial fisheries than to conservation. Equity isn’t a bad idea.]

This come-one come-all approach doesn’t apply to near-shore/shoreline fisheries, though, where a system of rotating annual closures seems to have had a good effect (although cleaning up watersheds probably has a bigger impact).

Here’s a link to the State’s marine conservation districts:

http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/marine-managed-areas/hawaii-marine-life-conservation-districts/

And here’s a link to the State/Federal regulations on bottomfish fishing that address commerical and recreational fishing and demonstrate the different approaches to over-fishing:

http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dar/fishing/bottom-fishing

Finally, it’s important to look at the people too (or maybe, not “too” but first). Here’s a link to some socio-economic research on these fisheries by NOAA’s science center here:

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/category/socioeconomics/

Although fishery management approaches differ around the world, pairing people with fish in the objective function makes the resulting management more palatable.

Aloha. - Sam Pooley, Honolulu

It is done as long-term routine monitoring program on the Israeli Mediterranean beach and in Lake Kinneret, contact Israeli Fishery department Agriculture Ministry for information.

Worthwhile to check out the following:

Article Harvest Control in Open-Access Sport Fisheries: Hot Rod or A...

Article Modeling Exploitation in Recreational Fisheries and Implicat...

Thank you all very much for your helpful responses - I will review the documents and suggestions over the next few days. Your efforts are much appreciated. Kind regards, Taylor

Dear Taylor, the group of Robert Arlinghaus (Berlin) has done a lot of research in this field. You may contact him and/or check his reference list here on ResearchGate.

Best regards, Klaus

the following links might be useful

http://www.afma.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Harvest-Strategy-SPF-April-2013.pdf

https://www.nap.edu/read/5951/chapter/6

Article Integrating recreational fisheries data into stock assessmen...