detroit river case study

The project case study in Detroit, Michigan used focus group discussions to understand the experiences of urban shore fishers. The case study included perspectives of fishers across racial and ethnic groups and captured the benefits different fishers derive from the Detroit River and the barriers that restrict their access to those benefits.

niagara river case study

With semi-structured interviews of 49 urban fishers intercepted while plying the banks of the Niagara River, this case study investigates two research questions about perceptions of risk, benefit, and value. The cohort of interviewees are of all adult ages, several ethnicities and cultures, and largely men with a handful of women fishers. All are currently Buffalo residents. A follow up focus group of seven Karen (a Burmese diaspora ethnicity) fishers and local fish consumers investigated emergent findings about unusual fishing and fish consumption practices in that community.

FISHING Norms & TRUST

Recreational fisheries, like all fisheries, achieve long-term success by enforcing a set of fishing rules and regulations that anglers are required to follow. To know more about the status of fishing practices across the Great Lakes, we will assess the current fishing norms among recreational anglers and the level of trust between anglers and local fishery managers.