Catch-and-release Fishing: The Subversion of an Archetype and the Transformation of an Ethic
by Terpening, Traveler Taj, M.A., PRESCOTT COLLEGE, 2011, 114 pages; 1492342

Abstract:

This study analyzes the connection between water pollution and the rise of catch-and-release fishing in the United States and in the Mid-Atlantic in particular. This study provides a brief history of catch-and-release fishing and details those factors (in addition to water pollution) that have contributed to its increased popularity in the United States. Some of these include a desire to protect fisheries (voluntary catch-and-release), government mandated catch-and-release, socioeconomic background, cultural background, gender, race and other factors. Through a review of the literature, interviews with Mid-Atlantic anglers and other experts as well my own personal experience, I found that for many groups of anglers pollution did contribute to the rise of catch-and-release fishing in the Mid-Atlantic.
 
AdviserPeter G. Friederici
SchoolPRESCOTT COLLEGE
SourceMAI/ 49-05, p. , Jun 2011
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsJournalism; Environmental studies; Environmental justice; Fisheries and aquatic sciences; Recreation and tourism
Publication Number1492342
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