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• Re: CBSM Applied to Recreational Fishing - Marine Waters

  2009-10-14 09:28:17 UTC

  Tess,
  
  We also found that one-to-one interaction was the most effective for working with "regulars" who fish often. We did an EPA Environmental Justice project to reach out to anglers who were taking catfish from a contaminated reach of our river. What we found was that the angler community was actually made up of several communities, each with a very different goal. One important finding was that not all "sports fishermen" were doing it for sport; members of the African American community considered it an important way of supplying their churches with fish for Friday dinners and an important way to mentor younger community members. Likewise, there was a cultural component to the goal of many immigrant families who fished on the river. By getting to know why people fish we were able to better target our campaign and have it make more sense-- not everybody engages in sports fishing as a purely recreational activity, and that makes it more difficult to change their behavior with a one-size-fits-all approach.
  
  Dr. Cynthia Annett
  Scientist
  Kansas Riverkeeper
  United States
  kansasriver.org
  

• Re: Signage for Species at Risk

  2009-10-09 20:50:28 UTC

  Karen,
  
  Make sure that any signage you post can't be used by predatory birds as a perch. Signs can inadvertently attract nest predators like crows or predators on adults like hawks.
  
  Dr. Cynthia Annett
  United States

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