EP 549: How Social Science Has Big Impacts On Wildlife Policies

Salt Strong Fishing

Joe Simonds

Bassfishing, Wilderness, Saltstrong, Sports, Fishingtips, Fishing, Fishstrong, Redfish, Saltwaterfishing

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

I had no idea how much influence social science had on wildlife policies (like certain fisheries, fish quotas, fishing closures, hunting restrictions, etc) until this podcast.

Listen in as Travis Thompson reveals how social science has been playing an important role in wildlife policies and politics.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Salt Strong Podcast, Disrupting Fishing Entertainment, as you know it, prepared
0:11.4	a laugh, prepared to get to know fishing legends in a whole new and unfiltered way.
0:16.9	And on occasion, you might even learn a thing or two about fishing.
0:20.4	Here's your host, Joe Simon's, Like Diamonds.
0:25.3	Hello, Salt Strong Nation, Joe Simon's Like Diamonds.
0:28.8	We are back again, bringing on a guest who's been here before, back by popular demand, Travis
0:35.4	Thompson, Captain Travis Thompson, what's up, brother?
0:38.1	Hey, buddy.
0:39.1	How are you?
0:40.1	I'm doing great.
0:41.1	We've had a lot going on this year, 2023, with conservation, and we're going to talk about
0:48.4	pelicans and skyway, talk about maybe manatees and honey, because I know you're in both
0:53.5	hunting and fishing, and there's some new bills coming out on water, and there's so
1:00.9	many things that we all want to point to science, and you and I have talked offline before
1:07.1	about this.
1:08.1	There's so many things that can't really be applied to science, and that's where you
1:12.1	have a little bit of social science, and you and I have both read some similar books
1:16.1	about that, where sometimes the winner of a certain decision, it's not necessarily
1:23.2	the scientist, or even the people with the most support, it's sometimes the loudest voices
1:30.0	that sometimes get their way, and sometimes it's really just, it's fasting, right?
1:34.8	The how social science works and all this, so I wanted to do a podcast on it.
1:38.4	I'm willing to bet most people don't know what goes on behind the scene or behind the
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