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Abstract

Smartphone applications (apps) that target recreational fishers are growing in abundance. These apps have the potential to provide data useful for management of recreational fisheries. We surveyed expert opinion in 20, mostly European, countries to assess the current and future status of app use in marine recreational fisheries. The survey revealed that a few countries already use app data to support existing data collection, and that this number is likely to increase within 5–10 years. The strongest barriers to use app data were a scarcity of useful apps and concern over data quality, especially biases due to the opt-in nature of app use. Experts generally agreed that apps were unlikely to be a “stand-alone” method, at least in the short term, but could be of immediate use as a novel approach to collect supporting data such as, fisheries-specific temporal and spatial distributions of fishing effort, and aspects of fisher behaviour. This survey highlighted the growing interest in app data among researchers and managers, but also the need for government agencies and other managers/researchers to coordinate their efforts with the support of survey statisticians to develop and assess apps in ways that will ensure standardisation, data quality, and utility.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Skov, C and Hyder, K and Gundelund, C and Ahvonen, A and Baudrier, J and Borch, T and deCarvalho, S and Erzini, K and Ferter, K and Grati, F and van Hammen, T and Hinriksson, J and Houtman, R and Kagervall, A and Kapiris, K and Karlsson, M and Lejk, AM and Lyle, JM and Martinez-Escauriaza, R and Noilanen, P and Mugerza, E and Olesen, HJ and Papadopoulous, A and Pita, P and Pontes, J and Radford, Z and Radtke, K and Rangel, M and Sague, O and Sande, HA and Strehlow, HV and Tutins, R and Veiga, P and Verleye, T and Volstad, JH and Watson, JW and Welterbach, MS and Ustups, D and Venturelli, PA
Keywords:	citizen science, fishing effort, human dimensions, smart phone apps, catch rates, survey methods
Journal or Publication Title:	ICES Journal of Marine Science
Publisher:	Academic Press Ltd Elsevier Science Ltd
ISSN:	1054-3139
DOI / ID Number:	https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa243
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2021 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Lyle, JM UTAS Profile: Lyle, JM
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