2021 Survey of Oregon Recreational Fishers: Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Related to the Oregon Marine Reserve System

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Originator: Fox, Haley, Tommy Swearingen, Allen Molina, and Camilla Kennedy

Publish Date: 2022

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Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Lindsay Aylesworth

Job Position: Marine Reserves Program Leader

Telephone: 541-867-4741

E-Mail Address: lindsay.x.aylesworth@odfw.oregon.gov

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Abstract: When the state of Oregon began a process to establish a limited system of marine reserves within state territorial waters in 2008, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) was designated the lead agency responsible for implementing and managing the system. ODFW oversees the five marine reserve sites at Cape Falcon, Cascade Head, Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua, and Redfish Rocks. The goals of the Oregon Marine Reserve system are: Conservation - Conserve marine habitats and biodiversity. Research - Serve as scientific reference sites to investigate marine reserve protections and the Oregon territorial seas, to inform nearshore ocean management. Communities - Avoid significant adverse impacts to ocean users and coastal communities. To achieve these goals, ODFW established a program in 2009 for marine reserves implementation and monitoring. In this context, the Marine Reserves Human Dimensions Project conducts studies to determine the direct and indirect social, cultural, and economic impacts which result from reserve site implementation. The information collected through this process should be relevant to other marine and coastal natural resource policy issues in Oregon. This paper reviews a study conducted during the summer of 2021 to identify awareness of and perceptions about marine reserves among Oregon recreational anglers. The study also assessed the effects of the reserves on marine fishing behavior, and how fishing avidity and identity affected these anglers’ knowledge of and attitudes towards the reserves. How the marine reserve system may have affected marine recreational fishing is a significant concern for state marine natural resource policy, the recreational fishing public, and Oregon coastal communities.

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Time Period of Content: 2021

Geographic Extent: Oregon

Status: Final

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