Estimating the economic impacts of hypothetical grouper bag limits in the Destin/Panama City, Florida charterboat fishery

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• Personal Author:
  Platt, Jonathan L.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region, ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  "The purpose of this study was to measure short-run economic impacts of hypothetical reef bag limits upon the charterboat industry in the Panama City and Destin ports of northwestern Florida using a 1985 survey of charterboat anglers conducted by Arndorfer and Bockstael (1986). To obtain this goal, a Tobit individual Travel Cost demand model was developed which produced estimates of short-run economic impacts on both recreational demand (annual number of trips) and recreational value (annual consumer surplus). Analytical results indicaed a median of 1.69 trips and
• Content Notes:
  by Jonathan L. Platt.
  
  "May 1989".
  
  Also available online in PDF via the NOAA Central Library.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-72).
  
  
• Keywords:
  Catch Effort Fisheries Fishery Management Grouper Fisheries Management Catch Effort Fishery Management Grouper Fisheries
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFC   227
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6b226dfe84f8d72a3b922bc30178f9489ce4a28daa43865b357f84930ca92360
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/4877/noaa_4877_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.69 MB ]