Reel Into Fishing!: Providing a Recreational Fishing Education Program for Youth

Authors

• Amelia Valente, Rutgers Cooperative ExtensionFollow
• Douglas R. Zemeckis, Rutgers Cooperative ExtensionFollow
• Lisa Morse, International Game Fish AssociationFollow
• Gene Nigro, International Game Fish AssociationFollow

Volume

64

Issue

1

Abstract

New Jersey is known as the Garden State, but with over 130 miles of Atlantic coastline, it also has very productive marine ecosystems that offer numerous opportunities for recreational marine fishing. The International Game Fish Association, a nonprofit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and the promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices, collaborated with Rutgers Cooperative Extension to host a youth educational program entitled Reel Into Fishing! The objective is to educate participants through hands-on engagement on ethical fishing practices and marine science to help develop the next generation of responsible anglers.

Authors’ Contribution Statement

Amelia Valente, Douglas R. Zemeckis, Lisa Morse, and Gene Nigro conceived the idea and designed the analytical approach; Amelia Valente collected the data; Amelia Valente, Douglass Zemeckis, Lisa Morse, and Gene Nigro analyzed the data; Amelia Valente and Douglass Zemeckis led the writing of the manuscript. All authors made important contributions to the draft and approved the final version for publication.

Data Availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Valente, A., Zemeckis, D., Morse, L., & Nigro, G. (2026). Reel Into Fishing!: Providing a Recreational Fishing Education Program for Youth. Journal of Extension, 64(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.66752/1077-5315.5786