TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling the Decision-Making Behavior of Fishers in the Reef Fish Fishery on the West Coast of Florida
AU - Saul, Steven
AU - Die, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded through receipt of the joint National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Sea Grant Population Dynamics Fellowship Award (NA080AR4170763), Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami (NOAA Cooperative agreement NA17RJ1226), and an International Light Tackle Tournament Association Scholarship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - When, where, and how a commercial vessel fishes determines the temporal and spatial placement of the data they are legally bound to supply to management agencies. Data provided by commercial fishing vessels are used in assessments to infer fish population abundance. Fisher decision-making may also allow fishers to dissipate the benefits of regulations and affect expected management outcomes. Decisions about participation, site choice, and trip termination were modeled for commercial fishers in the Gulf of Mexico. Vessel logbook data were used to parameterize discrete choice models for each decision. A questionnaire of vessel captains (N = 40) helped inform model structure. Results suggested that participation and site choice decisions may be nested, and are affected by expected revenue, regulations, fish price, wind speed, vessel characteristics, and fuel price. Trip termination was influenced by regulations, wind speed, and catch relative to fish hold capacity. Assessment and management implications are discussed.
AB - When, where, and how a commercial vessel fishes determines the temporal and spatial placement of the data they are legally bound to supply to management agencies. Data provided by commercial fishing vessels are used in assessments to infer fish population abundance. Fisher decision-making may also allow fishers to dissipate the benefits of regulations and affect expected management outcomes. Decisions about participation, site choice, and trip termination were modeled for commercial fishers in the Gulf of Mexico. Vessel logbook data were used to parameterize discrete choice models for each decision. A questionnaire of vessel captains (N = 40) helped inform model structure. Results suggested that participation and site choice decisions may be nested, and are affected by expected revenue, regulations, fish price, wind speed, vessel characteristics, and fuel price. Trip termination was influenced by regulations, wind speed, and catch relative to fish hold capacity. Assessment and management implications are discussed.
KW - Commercial fishing
KW - Gulf of Mexico
KW - discrete choice models
KW - grouper
KW - reef fish
KW - snapper
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U2 - 10.1080/10871209.2016.1198853
DO - 10.1080/10871209.2016.1198853
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976433878
SN - 1087-1209
VL - 21
SP - 567
EP - 586
JO - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
JF - Human Dimensions of Wildlife
IS - 6
ER -