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Predicting Fishing Participation and Site Choice While Accounting for Spatial Substitution, Trip Timing, and Trip Context
Author(s) -
Hunt Len M.,
Boots Barry N.,
Boxall Peter C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/m06-079.1
Subject(s) - fishing , trips architecture , recreational fishing , context (archaeology) , recreation , sander , fishery , geography , environmental resource management , environmental science , ecology , transport engineering , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , archaeology
We developed choice models to understand and predict the amount, timing, and locations of recreational fishing trips taken by anglers in northwestern Ontario, Canada. These models incorporated several improvements over previous models to account for complex patterns of spatial substitution among fishing sites, the context of fishing trips, and the importance of tradition and weather on the timing of trips. Joint models of fishing participation and site choice were developed for two resident populations of anglers from northern Ontario. For both populations, the three innovations provided significant improvements to the models and important information for understanding and predicting recreational fishing behaviors. The utility of the model to fisheries managers was illustrated through a management scenario that involved the restoration of walleyes Sander vitreus in a large water body. The forecasts suggested that the effect of this restoration on fishing effort at other waters was influenced by spatial proximity and temporal use at the fishing sites.