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Predicting Marine Recreational Fishing Patterns from Boat Characteristics and Equipment
Author(s) -
Ditton Robert B.,
Graefe Alan R.,
Fedler Anthony J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<644:pmrfpf>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishing , submarine pipeline , bay , fishery , marine engineering , range (aeronautics) , environmental science , recreational fishing , geography , oceanography , engineering , geology , biology , aerospace engineering
This paper reports an approach for predicting general marine fishing locations and distances traveled offshore for fishing from boat equipment data. Discriminant analysis indicated that bay and offshore fishing boats could be distinguished with 80% classification accuracy from horse‐power, fuel capacity, and boat length. Multiple regression analyses verified that fuel capacity and presence of radios and long range navigation (LORAN) were significant predictors of offshore fishing distances.