Recreational Fishing

The lab has been involved in a range of studies on recreational angling, from marine to freshwater systems and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we have been very active in the USGS CreelCat project, which is a nationwide database of angler activity.

Primary Collaborators

• Dr. Abigail Lynch
• Dr. Craig Paukert

Select Publications

• CreelCat

  • L. Wszola, N.A. Sievert, A.J. Lynch, H.S. Embke, A.L. Kaz, M.D. Robertson, S.R. Midway, C.P. Paukert (2024). Lake temperature and morphometry shape the thermal composition of recreational fishing catch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
  • M.D. Robertson, S.R. Midway, H.S. Embke, A.L. Kaz, M. Lang, C. Paukert, N.A. Sievert, L. Wszola, A.J. Lynch (2023). Estimating lentic recreational fisheries catch and effort across the United States. Fisheries Management and Ecology 31:e12650.
  • N.A. Sievert, A.J. Lynch, H.S. Embke, A. Robertson, M. Lang, A.L. Kaz, M.D. Robertson, S.R. Midway, L. Wszola, C.P. Paukert (2023). CreelCat, a Catalog of United States Inland Creel and Angler Survey Data. Scientific Data 10, 762.
  • A.J. Lynch, N.A. Sievert, H.S. Embke, A.M. Robertson, B.J.E. Myers, M.S. Allen, Z.S. Feiner, F. Hoogakker, S. Knoche, R.M. Krogman, S.R. Midway, C.L. Nieman, C.P. Paukert, K.L. Pope, M.W. Rogers, L.S. Wszola (2021). The U.S. Inland Creel and Angler Survey Catalog (CreelCat): Development, Applications, and Opportunities. Fisheries 46:574–583.

• Covid-19 Pandemic

  • A.L. Kaz, M.D. Kaller, A.J. Lynch, S.R. Midway (2024). Early pandemic recreational fishing patterns across the urban-to-rural gradient in the U.S. Fisheries Research 276:107021.
  • S.R. Midway, P.W. Miller (2023). Heat, hurricanes, and health: Effects of natural disturbances on angling effort. PLoS ONE 13:e10333.
  • J.R. Britton, A.C. Pinder, J. Alós, R. Arlinghaus, A.J. Danylchuk, W. Edwards, K.M.F. Freire, C. Gundelund, K. Hyder, I. Jarić, R. Lennox, W.-C. Lewin, A.J. Lynch, S.R. Midway, W.M. Potts, K.L. Ryan, C. Skov, H.V. Strehlow, S.R. Tracey, J.-i. Tsuboi, P.A. Venturelli, J.L. Weir, M.S. Weltersbach, S.J. Cooke (2023). Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by recreational anglers: considerations for developing more resilient and sustainable fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 33:1095–1111.
  • S.R. Midway, A.J. Lynch, B.K. Peoples, M. Dance, R. Caffey (2021). COVID-19 influences on US recreational angler behavior. PLoS ONE 16(8):e0254652.

• Marine

  • D.R. Smith, S.R. Midway, J.W. Adriance, H.R. Blanchet, R.H. Caffey (2024). Mixed-mode surveys reveal shared regulatory preferences in an overfished recreational fishery. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 1–18
  • S.R. Midway, J. Adriance, Patrick Banks, S. Haukebo, R. Caffey (2020). Electronic Self-Reporting: Angler Attitudes and Behaviors in the Recreational Red Snapper Fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 40:1119–1132.