DECISION-MAKING AND MODELING IN FRESH-WATER SPORT-FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Models are used increasingly to predict the efficacy of sport-fishery management actions. With model use may come model misuse. Appropriate use of models starts with a fundamental and holistic approach, present s uncertainty and model assumptions, and appropriately weighs model ou tput with basic biological and sociological information in the decisio n-making process. In addition, understanding human behavior as it rela tes to angling, and incorporating this knowledge into models, will imp rove chances of successful sport-fish management.