<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Poaching is still a great problem in Poland. Officers of the fisheries guard from three regions in northeast Poland rich in natural inland waters were surveyed. The most frequent type of poaching encountered by the officers was that practised by recreational fishers using rods (ranking of 4.4 points on a scale of 0–5) followed by poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (3.4 points), and poaching by professional fishermen was ranked the lowest (1.5 points). Organized poaching was identified as the most dangerous for ichthyofauna (42% of responses), followed by poaching by recreational fishers (28%) and poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (23%). According to the officers surveyed, the species that were targeted by poachers most frequently were the predators: pike, <italic>Esox lucius</italic> (98% of responses), European eel, <italic>Anguilla anguilla</italic>, pikeperch, <italic>Sander lucioperca</italic> and perch, <italic>Perca fluviatilis</italic>.</p></abstract>

Poaching is still a great problem in Poland. Officers of the fisheries guard from three regions in northeast Poland rich in natural inland waters were surveyed. The most frequent type of poaching encountered by the officers was that practised by recreational fishers using rods (ranking of 4.4 points on a scale of 0–5) followed by poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (3.4 points), and poaching by professional fishermen was ranked the lowest (1.5 points). Organized poaching was identified as the most dangerous for ichthyofauna (42% of responses), followed by poaching by recreational fishers (28%) and poaching stemming from poverty or unemployment (23%). According to the officers surveyed, the species that were targeted by poachers most frequently were the predators: pike, Esox lucius (98% of responses), European eel, Anguilla anguilla, pikeperch, Sander lucioperca and perch, Perca fluviatilis.

Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards

Fisheries & Aquatic Life

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Poaching is still a great problem in Poland. Officers of the fisheries guard from three regions in northeast Poland rich in natural inland waters were...

Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards

Data publikacji: 27 lip 2020

Zakres stron: 125 - 132

Otrzymano: 27 sty 2020

Przyjęty: 22 maj 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0015

Słowa kluczowe
illegal fishing, types of poaching, fishing gears, impact on fish stocks

© 2020 Maciej Mickiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Characteristics of illegal inland fishing according to the opinions of Polish fisheries guards

Data publikacji: 27 lip 2020

Zakres stron: 125 - 132

Otrzymano: 27 sty 2020

Przyjęty: 22 maj 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aopf-2020-0015

Słowa kluczoweillegal fishing, types of poaching, fishing gears, impact on fish stocks

© 2020 Maciej Mickiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
illegal fishing, types of poaching, fishing gears, impact on fish stocks