How Did the Czech Fishing Union Convince over 99% of Czech Recreational Anglers to Report Their Harvested Fish and Their Fishing Visits into Their Angling Logbooks?
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper has set out a data collection and reporting framework that should be the envy of many countries. The paper is of international interest. I am not from Europe.
Author Response
Thank you for the review. There was no need to revise the paper based on this review.
Reviewer 2 Report
Dear authors,
The paper is original and it contributes to the scope of the journal. The reporting of non professional fishers is an interesting concept that needs to be highlighted. However some procedures are very detailed, the use of images would help to understand the main concepts described. The text needs to be checked for language and syntax errors. Also, you can add the questionnaire in a supplementary section. See attached file for further notes.
Comments for author File: 
Comments.pdf
Author Response
I have made all the suggested changes that were presented in the attached PDF file (see the revisions in the new manuscript). Instead of images, I added a table that summarizes all the recommendations that are described in the results to make it clearer (Table 5). A native speaker who is an expert in the field checked the text for language and errors and edited the text. I added the questions that the interviewers asked during the in-depth interviews with anglers and fisheries managers into the appendix (Tables 3 and 4).
Reviewer 3 Report
Line 15 - change first "by" to through
Line 21 - change critical to another suitable word to avoid repetition
Line 22 - change fishermen to fishers
Line 35 - change full stop to comma after ecosystems. Remove where
Line 43 - change taken to harvested. Also consider using the term "bag limit" instead of number of fish taken.
Line 56 - remove do
Line 83 - change are performing to perform
Line 96 - Insert reference for figure
Line 97 - Insert reference for species
Line 99 - Insert reference
Line 111 - remove they see. Restructure sentence to avoid repeating they oversee thice
Line 117-118. Merge into 1 sentence
Line 123 - remove they
Too much use of the word we in the paragraphs from line 119 - 141
Line 129-141 - Merge into 1 sentence as per previous paragraph
Line 178 - change to when the closed season starts
Line 279-282 - Too much use of the words "they can". Restructure sentence to shorten and avoid repetition.
Line 485 - 487 - This should not be in the discussion but in the study area description
Line 504-505 - restructure sentence
Line 517 - change is to was
Results
Overall these could be better presented. E.g. there is mention of 25 species in the test taken by anglers and they are not listed anywhere in the text. These could be added as a table
Also, why is the reason for the inclusion/importance/benefit of certain questions not provided in the discussion rather than the results?
Author Response
Line 15 - change first "by" to through
Author: Changed
Line 21 - change critical to another suitable word to avoid repetition
Author: changed to “essential”
Line 22 - change fishermen to fishers
Author: changed
Line 35 - change full stop to comma after ecosystems. Remove where
Author: done
Line 43 - change taken to harvested. Also consider using the term "bag limit" instead of number of fish taken.
Author: done
Line 56 - remove do
Author: done
Line 83 - change are performing to perform
Author: done
Line 96 - Insert reference for figure
Author: done
Line 97 - Insert reference for species
Author: done
Line 99 - Insert reference
Author: done
Line 111 - remove they see. Restructure sentence to avoid repeating they oversee thice
Author: done and done
Line 117-118. Merge into 1 sentence
Author: done
Line 123 - remove they
Author: done
Too much use of the word we in the paragraphs from line 119 – 141
Author: I removed and replaced most of the words “we” from the sentenced
Line 129-141 - Merge into 1 sentence as per previous paragraph
Author: done
Line 178 - change to when the closed season starts
Author: done
Line 279-282 - Too much use of the words "they can". Restructure sentence to shorten and avoid repetition.
Author: done
Line 485 - 487 - This should not be in the discussion but in the study area description
Author: I removed the sentence from the discussion and added it to the methods section
Line 504-505 - restructure sentence
Author: done
Line 517 - change is to was
Author: done
Results
Overall these could be better presented. E.g. there is mention of 25 species in the test taken by anglers and they are not listed anywhere in the text. These could be added as a table
Author: the tested species were added to the text. Also, some changes were made in the results section. I also added a table that summarizes all the recommendations that are described in the results to make them clearer (Table 5).
Also, why is the reason for the inclusion/importance/benefit of certain questions not provided in the discussion rather than the results?
Author: I added the questions that we asked during the in-depth interviews with anglers and fisheries managers into the appendix (Tables 3 and 4). The reason why the Results section is so long and structured this way is to provide an insight into the fisheries management in the Czech Republic and put it as a story from the beginning to the end. In the Results section, I listed everything that the anglers and the fisheries managers said, and that was important for the paper. In the discussion, I added what the scientific literature stated, and what conclusions I drew from the interviews. The results bring a lot of information and I decided to discuss only the most important of them, otherwise, the discussion would be too long. Since the paper is not driven by any research hypothesis, but it is rather explanatory, I think this way it is easier to understand.
