Amateur fishing as a perspective kind of recreation and tourism on water reservoirs of the steppe zone

Abstract

The paper deals with the problems of development of recreational
fishing as an important branch of recreation and tourism on the example
of the inland water bodies of the steppe zone. Proper organization of this
activity can provide not only benefits to fish people, but also become as
catalyst for positive changes in the conservation and using of aquatic bioresources,
restoration of natural ecosystems, reducing the illegal fishing, to
improve the quality and volume of water environmental ecosystem services.
With the development of recreational fishing tourism infrastructure it’s
necessary to improve the information management system, what scientific
data should play an important role. An analysis of recreational fishing
data
by the example of a large water reservoir in the south of Russia revealed
a positive dynamics in the development of this resource, along with the
shortcomings of the tourist infrastructure and information
provision.