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Social and ecological attributes
of marine recreational fisheries
in the Euroregion Galicia-
Northern Portugal
8th WRFC. Victoria, 16-20 July 2017
PABLO PITA, PEDRO GOMES, KIERAN HYDER, CRISTINA PITA, MAFALDA RANGEL,
PEDRO VEIGA, JOSÉ VINGADA, SEBASTIÁN VILLASANTE
Background and objectives
• Concerns about the impact of Marine Recreational
Fishing (MRF).
• Economic contribution of MRF.
• Little research has been conducted on MRF in Atlantic
Southern Europe.
• Complex socioecological environments.
• More data on MRF is needed to support management
decisions.
• We analyzed social, economic and ecological relevance
of MRF in the Euroregion Galicia-Northern Portugal.
Methodology
• On-line questionnaire for the different MRF
modalities.
• Study disseminated among stakeholders and
recreational/sport fishing networks.
• Questions:
– Ecology: trends and factors influencing abundances.
– Fishery: gears, species, effort and catches.
– Social: education, occupation, age, sex and
complementarity with other activities.
– Economy: costs and expenditures.
Results
Questionnaires
ModalityNationality Gear
Portuguese Spanish Other Handline Rod Speargun
Boat 6 100 1 39 50 27
Shore 10 177 2 1 162 28
Licenses
Sources: Fishing licenses in 2015: Portugal (continent): www.dgrm.mm.gov.pt; Galicia: Xunta de Galicia.
ZoneModality
Total Population RatioShore Boat Spearfishing Other
Galicia 59692 0 2584 - 62276 2732347 2.28
Portugal 112467 64171 9721 3458 189817 9839140 1.93
Ecology: abundancesRelevance of the factors that govern the presence and abundance of fish species
0=very low; 2=very high
Ecology: trends in catchesAverage catches per day at the start of your activity and nowadays
Fishery: species capturedWhat species do you catch, and percentage of the total?
Fishery: fishing seasonWhat is your season (months) of fishing (in the last 5 years)?
Fishery: effort and catches
Hours per day
ModalityNationality Gear
Portuguese Spanish Handline Rod Speargun
Boat 6.5 4.0 3.9 4.3 3.0
Shore 5.0 4.6 - 5.3 -
Days per month
ModalityNationality Gear
Portuguese Spanish Handline Rod Speargun
Boat 5.9 8.3 8.4 8.5 10.3
Shore 5.8 15.1 - 18.8 -
Catch per day (Kg)
ModalityNationality Gear
Portuguese Spanish Handline Rod Speargun
Boat 7.6 3.3 3.0 3.1 4.0
Shore - 3.9 1.5 5.3 3.2
Demography: age, family, education
Fam
ily m
em
be
rs (
N)
NR/DK= No response/Don’t know
Alo
ne
Fam
ily
Friends
Sociology: organization and fishing
preferencesDo you feel represented by your Federation / club or organization?
Have you had an accident when fishing? Did you require hospitalization?
Economy: boat features
Economy: boat expendituresAverage annual expenditure (last 5 years) in:
Economy: fishing expendituresAverage annual expenditure (last 5 years) in:
Discussion
• Coverage.
• Biases: avidity, recall.
• Next steps: scaling to general
population.
• Relevance of the activity in ecology
and socioeconomy.
