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with the collapse of the domestic fishery due to stock depletion. Foreign
imports have replaced domestic production. With the collapse of Canadian
stocks, processing firms in New England have begun to exit the industry.
Along with this concentration, larger, more diversified firms are dominating
the processing industry as smaller firms are forced to exit. Lower priced
substitute species will not alleviate the financial crisis faced by processors
due to the groundfish shortage problem.
Ditton, Robert B. and Thomas L. Goodale (1973). "Water Quality
Perception and the Recreational Uses of Green Bay, Lake Michigan."
Water Resources Research, 9(3):569-579.
How people perceive Green Bay as a recreation resource, how perceptions
differed between groups, and how these perceptions related to recreation use
patterns, are identified. Whereas seven of ten household heads interviewed
participated in boating, or swimming, only three of the ten used Green bay
during the preceding 12 months, indicating that Green Bay was not a focal
point of water based recreation among residents of the five county study area.
Chi square test groups differed significantly on most comparisons when used to
describe the Bay and its most bothersome physical and water quality
characteristics. Generally, participants and those who use the Bay were less
apt to cite unpleasant smell and dead fish as major problems and more apt to
cite such problems as winds, waves, and cloudiness. Comparisons between three
user groups (fishermen, boaters, and swimmers) indicated swimmers and boaters
differed most in their perception of the Bay and its troublesome
characteristics, with fishermen occupying a position between the two groups.
Ditton, Robert B. and Anthony J. Fedler (1989). "Importance of Fish
Consumption to Sport Fishermen: A Reply to Matlock et al. (1988)."
Fisheries, 14(4):4-6.
The authors concerns with the Matlock et al. paper include the authors
failed methologically, other reasons exist for the observed behavior, poor
literature review, and the paper exhibits little understanding of human
dimensions concepts.
Ditton, R.B. and Mark R. Fisher (1990). "Characteristics, Behavior,
Attitudes, Expenditures, Harvest, and Management Preferences of
Billfish Tournament Anglers." Final report prepared for the
Billfish Foundation, Miami, Florida. Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
77843.
A mail survey of 1,984 billfish anglers was completed in 1989-1990 based
on 27 tournaments held in the U.S. western Atlantic Ocean with a response rate
of 62%. Sociological analysis is presented that identify the user groups and
describe their characteristics, such as age, income level, and education
level. A technical appendix is also included under separate cover.
Ditton, Robert B. and Jeffrey D. Vize (1987). "Business Turnover in the
Texas Charter Fishing Industry, 1975-85." Marine Fisheries
Review, 49(2):162-165.
This paper follows the guidelines used in Ditton and Loomis (Marine
Fisheries Review, 47(1):43-47, 1985)and continues the temporal analysis of the
charter fishing industry using a third inventory to analyze turnover and
stability between 1975 and 1985. Comparing the study findings from 1980 to
1985 with those from 1975 to 1980 shows that the Texas charter fishing
industry continues to have high turnover rates and overall instability. Of
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