A Travel Cost Demand Model for Recreational Snapper Angling in Port Phillip Bay, Australia

A travel cost demand model was estimated for recreational angling for snapper Pagrus auratus in Port Phillip Bay based on an on‐site expenditure survey conducted during the 1996–1997 season. The model explaining angling trip frequency was initially based on exploratory analysis and Fisher tests on v...

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Published in:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (1900) 1999-07, Vol.128 (4), p.639-647
Main Author: Li, Eric A. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.)
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Marine
Pagrus auratus
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Summary:A travel cost demand model was estimated for recreational angling for snapper Pagrus auratus in Port Phillip Bay based on an on‐site expenditure survey conducted during the 1996–1997 season. The model explaining angling trip frequency was initially based on exploratory analysis and Fisher tests on variables including trip‐specific expenditure and nonexpenditure factors. A final preferred Poisson count model was then estimated and used to calculate the annual angler surplus (Aus$7,100 per boat party) and the total benefits to the angling population ($128,000,000). The recreational and commercial sectors of the Port Phillip Bay snapper fishery are neither monitored by the same statistics nor valuated by the same methods. Considerable socioeconomic research is needed to calibrate the sectors in support of equitable harvest allocations.
ISSN:0002-8487
1548-8659
DOI:10.1577/1548-8659(1999)128<0639:ATCDMF>2.0.CO;2