The ‘tiger of I ndian rivers’

Stakeholders' perspectives on the golden mahseer as a flagship fish species

Bibliographic Data

ID8360615
AuthorsNishikant Gupta (0000-0002-8429-7707, King's College London, corresponding author), K Sivakumar (0000-0002-6938-7480, Wildlife Institute of India), Vinod B Mathur (Wildlife Institute of India), Michael A Chadwick (0000-0003-4891-4357, King's College London)
Year2014
Volume46
Issue4
Pages389-397
Publication date2014-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12124
OpenAlexW1594143386
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited31

Promoting a fish as a flagship species (i.e. a charismatic animal that promotes awareness) is a management tool to improve the effectiveness of conservation measures. However, to be successful this approach requires strong stakeholder support. To investigate the feasibility of the flagship species approach and degree of stakeholder support in India, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with forest managers, anglers and village members in U ttarakhand. Stakeholders were supportive of the flagship approach and the golden mahseer was favoured because of economic benefits associated with recreational angling

Biology · Business · Economics · Endangered species · Environmental resource management · Fish · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fishery · Fishing · Flagship Species · Geography · Political science · Public relations · Recreation · Stakeholder · Tiger · Animal and Plant Science Education · Ecology · Marketing · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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