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| Title: | Main Quarry Hypothesis and Salmon Angling |
| Authors: | Bell, Frederick W. |
| Issue Date: | 1989 |
| Series/Report no.: | Marine Resource Economics
Vol. 6 No. 1 |
| Abstract: | This article explores the main quarry hypothesis, which is a variant of the
general fishing success hypothesis. It is argued that for some recreational fisheries it may be more important that the angler catch his target or main quarry than the
quantitative number of fish caught in influencing the number of fishing days and the overall quality of the recreational experience. A theoretical function is specified to explain the length of the fishing trip to Ireland by anglers that have designated salmon as their main quarry. The empirical estimation of this function indicates that the length of the fishing trip is positively related to travel cost, but inversely related to on-site cost per day. Ceteris paribus, the length of the salmon trip to Ireland, is increased by nearly 23% when the angler gets his main quarry, stressing the importance of the quality of the catch rather than quantitative number of fish caught.
This finding calls into question the traditional fishing success variables such as catch per day for many recreational fisheries. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/48497 |
| Identifiers: | 0738-1360 |
| Institution/Association: | Marine Resource Economics>Volume 06, Number 1, 1989 |
| Total Pages: | 12 |
| From Page: | 71 |
| To Page: | 82 |
| Collections: | Volume 06, Number 1, 1989
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