SAFER LAB

We are pleased to announce that four SAFER lab members (@alexwinkrsa @wpotts18 @MattWFarthing Chris Bova) will be attending the World Fisheries Congress in Seattle, WA, next week and very excited to be hosting a @OneOceanHub Hub on governing recreational fisheries in LMIC 1/2

Evidence for pro-environmental reform on the SFSA Facebook group! This paper underscores the potential of what can be accomplished by a dedicated group of people, promoting a conservation-oriented mindset, using a ubiquitous instrument of change. authors.elsevier.com/a/1g49Z…

Time-honored, collective knowledge gathered by specialists, (fishers’ ecological knowledge), used in conjunction with traditional sampling significantly assists in life history studies in cases of data-deficient species and limited research funding. Well done Ryan and co-authors!

Client satisfaction vs Ecological integrity Knowledge vs Implementation of best practices Some fascinating insights into the importance and overall potential of these recreational fishing role-models. Well done to @MattWFarthing and co-authors. doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.20…

Two of the outputs showing the scientific family composition of biomass harvest (%) for countries around the world. 📖doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-0…

It is astounding what can be achieved through collaboration & inter-disciplinary knowledge exchange. It nourishes innovation & hastens progress. A global collaboration looking at the consumption of fish from inland recreational fisheries. Congratulations to all 41 authors!

"...a new approach will be required to combat the longstanding problem of non-compliance..." A valuable contribution to the literature on recreational fishing in South Africa. Well done to the authors: C.S Bova, J. Stephens, S. Aswani and W.M. Potts. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fV-G…

Congratulations to the authors of another very interesting paper entitled "Are recreational fishing guides role models for their clients?" "...to develop fishing guides into effective “agents of change” in the global social movement of recreational angler self-reform."

Congratulations to Dr Michelle Soekoe, Dr Malcolm Smale and Prof. Warren Potts for the publication of their paper entitled: Highly conserved tooth morphology in allopatric elasmobranch populations despite contrasting diets—a case of Triakis megalopterus in southern Africa.

Primary findings: Air exposure time should be reduced to below 75 s, and ideally to 10 s to minimise the physiological stress response, reflex impairment and short-term survival of A. japonicus following C&R angling. Congratulations to these authors! authors.elsevier.com/c/1f64r…

Congratulations to the authors of their newly published paper entitled: Age and growth of the Cape knifejaw Oplegnathus conwayi, an endemic South African teleost. Contributing the fundamental foundational knowledge for the management of this species. tandfonline.com/eprint/GT4EF…

A recent paper by Muller et al. (2021) on the Effects of Experimental Ocean Acidification on the Larval Morphology and Metabolism of a Temperate Sparid, Chrysoblephus laticeps mdpi.com/2673-1924/2/1/2

A recent paper by van der Walt et al. (2021) on how Marine Heatwaves Exceed Cardiac Thermal Limits of Adult Sparid Fish (Diplodus capensis). frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

A recent paper by Winkler et al. (2021) in Ambio on the emergence of marine recreational drone fishing: Regional trends and emerging concerns link.springer.com/article/10…

A recent paper by van der Walt et al. (2021) on the thermal tolerance, safety margins and vulnerability of several coastal species from estuaries and rocky shores of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Some good information from Dr. @alexwinkrsa for ski-boat anglers about how to effectively catch-and-release fish while bottom fishing...

Circle hooks reduce hooking injury considerably - but not many anglers know just how much better they are. It is critical to actively promote C&R best-practices and relevant information to recreational anglers to help them make educated decisions on their tackle and tactics.