Assessing Data Sources for a Social-Ecological Model of a Recreational Fishery

BC’s rainbow trout fishery consists of over 800 lakes, fished by hundreds of thousands of anglers across the province. It provides some of Canada’s best fishing, but there are key processes occurring that fishery managers can not account for with current approaches. Researchers and managers have created a new management tool that would allow decision makers to predict how a change in regulations or stocking would impact the fishery across the entire province. However, it needs to make the leap from a theoretical study to a practical tool. This study will address some of the remaining questions about the tool’s application by considering informing it with a variety of data sources. The outcomes of this project will help the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, our partner organization, advance their objective of enhancing and conserving BC’s freshwater fisheries.

Faculty Supervisor:

Brett van Poorten

Student:

Partner:

Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

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