Selecting Harvest Regulations for Recreational Fisheries: Opportunities for Research/Management Cooperation

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Abstract
The need for harvest regulations to manage sportfisheries is widely recognized, but regulations are not always selected and applied scientifically with an assessment of the ecological implications of manipulating harvest. Regulations directed at protecting top predator fishes may have undesirable consequences for other fishes in the system. A strategy is developed for selecting harvest regulations that considers both direct effects of regulations on the target population and indirect effects on other trophic levels. The result is a set of regulation options that achieve angler and management goals while reducing unexpected or adverse responses within the fish community. This approach requires fishery researchers and managers to work closely together to be effective, and, thus, the regulation selection process offers an excellent opportunity for research and management cooperation.

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