S. L. Brouwer|B.Q. Mann|Stephen J. Lamberth|W. H. H. Sauer|Charles J. Erasmus
A survey of the South African shore-angling fishery
roving creel surveys aerial surveys shoreangling undertaken part national investigation linefishing south africa shore patrols utilized random stratified sampling procedure collect catchandeffort data questionnaire provided information fishing effort angler demographics economics attitudes towards current regulations total 1 677 patrols covering 19 616 km conducted april 1994 february 1996 period 9 523 anglers catches checked 4 490 interviewed 16 497 km covered aerial surveys 22 609 anglers counted aerial surveys angler densities highest kwazulunatal coast 465 anglerskm1 followed southern cape coast 229 anglerskm1 eastern cape coast 036 anglerskm1 west coast 012 anglerskm1 catch rates varied 15 kgangler1day1 southern cape coast 045 kgangler1day1 kwazulunatal coast total effort estimated 32106 angler daysyear1 total catch estimated 45106 fishyear1 3 000 tonsyear1 targeted species varied regionally elf pomatomus saltatrix 29 sought species kwazulunatal coast kob argyrosomus japonicus 18 eastern cape coast galjoen dichistius capensis southern cape coast 30 along west coast 50 catch composition mass dominated p saltatrix kwazulunatal coast 29 eastern cape coast 26 southern cape coast 56 white stumpnose rhabdosargus globiceps 40 west coast although anglers generally supported regulations currently governing linefishery questionnaire results showed knowledge compliance poor low level law enforcement found except kwazulunatal management linefishery discussed relation findings study