Ethnographic Resource Study Subsistence Fishing on the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers
Fiske S, Callaway D, Cohen A, Walker L, Lopez N. 2020. Ethnographic Resource Study Subsistence Fishing on the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. Publications in Anthropology. National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) manages the majority of the Potomac and Anacostia riverfront in metropolitan Washington, D.C. Five administrative units, National Mall & Memorial Parks (NAMA), National Capital Parks-East (NACE), George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP), Rock Creek Park (ROCR), and the C&O Canal (CHOH), manage some 47 miles of riverfront. This shoreline is utilized by a wide variety of anglers and recreationalists. The major intent of this research is to provide the NPS with a detailed understanding of non-recreational subsistence anglers who consume and/or share their catch from a stretch of river that reaches up the Anacostia River to the District line, and up the Potomac to Great Falls, including Rock Creek Park, and down the Potomac on the Virginia and Maryland sides to Piscataway and Mount Vernon. For the purposes of this study, subsistence fishing means fishing primarily for consuming or sharing the catch; while recreational fishing is primarily for sport or pleasure, and typically fish are caught and released (see Section 6.3.2, “Subsistence”).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Fiske, Shirley; Callaway, Don; Cohen, Amber; Walker, Leslie; Lopez, Noel
- Date of Issue
- 2020-01-30
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ANAC , CHOH , EAPO , GWMP , NACE , NAMA , NCR , PISC , ROCR
- Keywords
- Anacostia River, anglers, anthropology, Asian American, Environmental Justice, ethnography, fishing, Food insecurity, Hispanic, Latino, Pacific Islander, Piscataway, Potomac River, subsistence fishing