Recreational fishing for carp—implications for management and growth of carp populations

Abstract

Few fish species give rise to as conflicting opinions as carp. On the one hand, carp are often considered an invasive species and a pest. On the other hand, many consider carp the most desirable species on the planet, and devote their lives to catching them. Carp fishing is increasing in popularity and also the demand for carp fisheries, for example more than 1.9 million carp were stocked in England and Wales in 2002–2003 (Environment agency 2004). In Europe, carp fishing has a high socioeconomic value (e.g., Arlinghaus and Mehner 2003). In England and Wales alone, 26 million days were spent coarse angling. The angler gross expenditure was in excess of 1 billion euro and 30,000 jobs were generated (Radford et al. 2007). Considering the increasing demand for carp fishing, it is important that there are guidelines for managing carp lakes sustainably without jeopardizing the ecosystems of these lakes. Here the attraction of carp to anglers, especially emphasizing growth rates and biomasses of carp in nature and how to combine carp fishing and healthy lakes are explored.

Published in

Title: Biology and Ecology of Carp
Publisher: CRC Press

SLU Authors

• Ragnarsson Stabo, Henrik

  • Department of Aquatic Resources (SLU Aqua), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Fish and Wildlife Management
Fish and Aquacultural Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/b18547-19
• ISBN: 978-1-4822-0664-7
• eISBN: 978-1-4822-0665-4

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129448