Recreational Fishing Site Choice Models: Insights and Future Opportunities
Recreational Fishing Site Choice Models: Insights and Future Opportunities
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休闲钓鱼地点选择模型:见解和未来机会
DOI:
10.1080/10871200591003409
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
L. Hunt
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作者:
L. Hunt
This article reviews published research that has focused on the recreational fishing site choices made by anglers. A conceptual model for predicting fishing site choice is developed by synthesizing the findings from past studies that employed fishing site choice models. From these and other relevant studies, six general attributes (i.e., costs, fishing quality, environmental quality, facility development, encounters with other anglers, and regulations) are identified that may influence an angler’s selection of a fishing site. The article also enhances the conceptual model by accounting for differing preferences among anglers, for complex substitution patterns among fishing sites, for fishing participation decisions, for habit forming behaviors and for differences in anglers’ awareness levels for fishing sites. Finally, the article discusses several avenues that researchers could exploit to improve on past fishing site choice model studies. The author is grateful to two anonymous reviewers for their very insightful comments and suggestions that were used to greatly improve an earlier version of this article. The author also thanks Barry Boots and Peter Boxall for their constructive comments and discussions about recreational fishing site choice model studies. Finally, the author acknowledges the support provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Living Legacy Trust that provided the opportunity to write this article.