Recreational fishing and boating: Are the determinants the same?

Marina Farr, Natalie Stoeckl and Stephen Sutton

Marine Policy, 2014, vol. 47, issue C, 126-137

Abstract: The research uses household survey data collected from 656 people in Townsville (adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia) within a hurdle model to investigate key factors influencing both the probability of participating and the frequency of (a) boating trips which involve fishing; (b) boating trips which do not involve fishing; and (c) land-based fishing trips. The findings suggest that there are differences in determinants, highlighting the importance of disaggregating the fishing/boating and boat/land-based experience (an uncommon practice in the literature) if wishing to obtain information for use in the design of monitoring programs, policy and/or for developing monitoring and enforcement strategies relating to fishing and boating.

Keywords: Determinants of the demand; Great Barrier Reef; Hurdle model; Negative binomial; Recreational boating and fishing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.02.014

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