2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/23/2019 | 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT SMARTPHONE APPS ARE REVEALING ABOUT ANGLER RESPONSE TO FISHING REGULATIONS | 150 G
A DIGITAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT SMARTPHONE APPS ARE REVEALING ABOUT ANGLER RESPONSE TO FISHING REGULATIONS
The tightened walleye regulations on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota, are designed to improve the declining world-class fishery. The restrictions have been highly controversial, not only for the anglers, but for the adjacent resort towns that rely on their business. For managers interested in how the fishery reacts to regulations, it can be difficult to evaluate the impact of any changes on angler behavior. Conventional approaches include creel surveys and social surveys that are limited by expense and low response rates. Angler app data provide a unique opportunity to evaluate the effect of regulation changes on angler behavior. Fishbrain is a popular app that has nearly two million users in the United States. According to these data, 201 Fishbrain users have logged 314 total walleye catches in Mille Lacs Lake since 2011. These data will be used to determine how the regulation changes might have affected the behavior of the overall Mille Lacs walleye angler population within the app. This includes factors like when, where, and how often users fish for walleye. In addition, user behavior can be tracked on an individual basis to determine varied angler preference and behavioral response.
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Jessica Weir
(), Ball State University, jit.weir@gmail.com;
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Paul Venturelli
(), Ball State University, paventurelli@bsu.edu;
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