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Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, MA, 14 pp.
This report to Congress responds to a request for information concerning
(1) the total number of Northeast multispecies permits in each permit category
and calculates the maximum potential fishing capacity of vessels holding such
permits based on principal gear, gross registered tonnage, engine horsepower,
length, age, and other relevant characteristics; (2) the total number of days
at sea available to the permitted Northeast multispecies fishing fleet and the
total days weighted by the maximum fishing capacity of the fleet; (3) an
analysis of the extent to which the weighted days at sea are used by active
participants in the fishery and of the reduction in such days as a result of
the fishing capacity reduction program; and (4) an estimate of conservation
benefits directly attributable to the fishing capacity reduction program.
Kitts, Andrew, Eric Thunberg, and John Robertson (1998). Modeling
Participation and Bids in the Northeast U.S. Groundfish Fishing Vessel
Buyout Program. Paper Presented at IIFET, Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, MA.
An experimental buyout program was initiated in 1995 to remove fishing
vessels from the Northeast United States groundfish fishery. Implemented as a
reverse auction, the purpose of the pilot program was to determine the level
of interest in a vessel buyout and to gain insight on the prices owners would
be willing to accept to surrender their vessel and all associated fishing
permits. Of the 296 eligible vessels, the pilot program drew 114 applicants
with average bids of $455 thousand. This paper describes the pilot buyout
program and the econometric procedures used to forecast probability of
participation and bids, and to estimate the number and types of vessels that
could be purchased at various levels of program spending. The decision of
whether to participate in the program and the magnitude of bids were modeled
in two stages via the specification of a participation function and a bid
function. Alternative methods for modeling these functions, such as the Tobit
model and the Heckman and Cragg two stage models, are discussed. Variables
found to explain participation and bids include total and groundfish revenue
history, allocated days-at-sea in the groundfish fishery, gear type, expected
ranking, and vessel size characteristics. The expanded buyout program,
completed in April 1998, provides a unique opportunity to evaluate the
accuracy of the forecasts.
Klecka, William R. (1980). Discriminant Analysis. Sage University
Papers, Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences,
Series/Number 07-019, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills.
The author introduces canonical discriminant functions, classification
functions and procedures, and various selection criteria for the inclusion of
variables in discriminant analysis. Then canonical discriminant function
coefficients are derived, a spatial interpretation of them is provided, and an
interpretation of canonical discriminant functions is provided. The paper
concludes with a discussion of the violation of the assumptions that underlie
discriminant analysis as a guide for the novice.
Kleiber, Pierre (1994). Modeling Effects of FADs and Islands on Movement of
Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis): Estimating Parameters from Tagging
Data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 51(12):2642-
2653.
From an experiment with ordinary dart tags, we have found evidence of
the effect of fish aggregating devices (FADs) and of islands on the movements
of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) around the Solomon Islands. By fitting
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