Abstract

Maintenance of a productive and sustainable recreational saltwater fishery is contingent on providing a variety of satisfying experiences for anglers. As recreational fishing demand and pressure increases, identification and assessment of the perceptions and attitudes of various angler user groups toward recreational fisheries management provides a proactive method for assessing the quality of experiences available. Awareness of current issues, trends and concerns affords agencies valuable insight to address angler concerns before these issues culminate in economic, ecologic or social impacts. A spatio-temporal perspective of recreational fisheries through the eyes of recreational inshore fishing guides provides an invaluable historical perspective for monitoring perceptions and attitudes toward management and regulations.

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