Fisheries Management: The search for quality.

On Mar 13, 8:55 am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
"Quality of fishing experience" means a lot of different things to a
lot of different people. A kid fishing for bullheads in the farm pond
is having a quality experience, while the average flyfisherman would
not consider that a quality experience.

What is a quality experience to you?

Rate the following 1-10 where 1 means "not important to me" and 10
means "most important to me"


Fishing involves access to large numbers of eager and aggressive large
trout for catch and release fun.
1

Fishing is in relative solitude
10

Fishing is amidst interesting or beautiful scenery
9

Fishing allows you to keep a few decent fish for dinner
10

Fish caught are not visibly scarred from previous human encounters
9

Fish caught are free from disease
10

Fish caught are safe to eat and free from dangerous chemicals
10

Fish caught have firm colored tasty flesh
10

Fish caught are appropriate for the area and do not threaten the
ecosystem of that area
10

Fish can be caught using lures in addition to flies
8