There are no fish here: public perception of fish stock dynamics

Authors

  • Interesova, E. A. 1, 2
  • Rakhmanova, L. Y. 3
  • Kolesnichenko, L. G. 1
    • 1 Tomsk State University, Lenin str., 36 Tomsk, Russia
    2 Novosibirsk branch of Russian Federal «Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography», Pisareva str., 1, Novosibirsk, Russia
    3 National Research University Higher School of Economics, 28 Promyshlennaya str., Saint-Petersburg, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2020-A-4-665

Keywords:

Western Siberia, Ob, fish stock, fisheries, public perception

Abstract

In Western Siberia, the prevailing opinion among local people is that the state of fish resources in the region is decreasing. However, the fish catch statistics shows that only valuable fish species (Siberian sturgeon, sterlet, muksun, nelma) are decreasing, but not ordinary ones (ide, roach, dace, perch, pike). Thus, the Siberian fishermen interpret the decline of sturgeons and whitefishes as a general decrease in the fish resources of the region.

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Published

2020-09-07

Issue

2020: №4 (SI:7VBC)

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