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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Body size and condition, age and catch‐and‐release injury of ice‐angled cisco (Coregonus artedi) from four connected lakes in Saskatchewan, Canada

open access: yesAquaculture, Fish and Fisheries
The lake cisco (Coregonus artedi) is not often caught by recreational anglers in open‐water in western Canada but becomes a common component of catch‐and‐release ice fisheries in the winter.
Julee Stewart   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Bioeconomic Effects of Timber Harvesting on Recreational and Commercial Salmon and Steelhead Fishing: A Case Study of the Siuslaw National Forest [PDF]

open access: yes
The economic effects of changes in timber harvest levels on recreational and commercial salmon and steelhead fisheries are estimated by combining a series of simple watershed, habitat, population, and economic models.
Loomis, John B.
core  

Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Outline of a Theory of Play

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Random Utility Models of Recreational Fishing: Catching Fish Using a Poisson Process [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents a Poisson model of expected angler catch during a sportfishing trip and employs the expected catch in a random utility model of site choice.
McConnell, Kenneth E.   +2 more
core  

Goffman's Tempting the Devil in Stigma: A Close Rereading of Goffman's “Subversive” Construct of “the Normals” Versus “the Stigmatized”

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

Use of petroleum platforms by Texas recreational anglers

open access: yes, 1994
-3The purpose of this study is to determine the use of petroleum platforms by Texas recreational anglers, in order to profile the importance of these structures to them.
Stephan CD, Osburn HR
core   +1 more source

Exploring the relationship between trout fishing and wellbeing: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand trout anglers

open access: yesKōtuitui
Internationally, there is growing interest in understanding the potential for recreational fishing to enhance the wellbeing of participants. To date, no studies have investigated the potential for recreational trout fishing to influence wellbeing in the ...
Cohen Stewart   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Profiling Saltwater Recreational Anglers toward the Threats of Marine Environment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management and Sustainability, 2018
This study utilized cross-sectional data extracted from the 2013 National Saltwater Angler Survey, conducted by NOAA Fisheries Service, to examine saltwater recreational anglers’ concerns to the threats of marine environment, identify groups exhibiting common patterns of responses, and examine the association between clusters of identified socio ...
Jennifer CHI, Yeong Nain CHI
openaire   +1 more source

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