Thilo Pagel

TL;DR: In this paper, the state of knowledge on the science and management of freshwater recreational fisheries is reviewed, with the objective of integrating insights from disparate fields such as fisheries science, environmental complexity theory, common-pool-resource theory, and resilience theory.

TL;DR: It was concluded that the previously documented large appreciation of fish stocking by anglers may be indicative of an underlying preference for sufficiently high catches rather than reflect an intrinsic preference for stocking or the catching of wild fishes per se.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that size- and density-dependent processes, and broadly the degree of natural recruitment, drive the biological, social, and economic outcomes of popular management actions in recreational fisheries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the strength and shape of harvest selection to natural selection on body size over four years and behavior over one year in a natural population of a freshwater top predator, the northern pike (Esox lucius).

TL;DR: The impacts of fin clipping, PIT tags, and three external tags (T-bar anchor, opercular, and streamer tags) on age-0 Northern Pike in a pond examined and surgically implanted transmitters reduced the growth of small adult Northern Pike with total leukaemia.