While recreational fishing is a popular and important activity enjoyed by anglers worldwide, it can pose serious negative impacts on the local environment when mismanaged. Fishing involves high levels of human-wildlife interaction, and thus it is important to gather data on anglers to understand fishing behaviours, motivations, opinions towards conservation, and much more.  Human dimensions research can be very beneficial for fisheries management by highlighting potential management pathways or factors that may need to be addressed which may not be easily seen through biological evidence (e.g., harmful fishing practices, non-compliancy of regulations). We are working closely with the American Shark Conservancy to understand both the ecological and social dimensions of shore-based shark fishing in Florida. Shore fishing is popular worldwide and is accessible to all people compared to charter fishing. For more information go here.