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Table 14. Extent to which partyboat anglers agreed or
disagreed with various catch/retention statements |
| Statement |
Agreement Level (% of anglers) |
Relative Agreementa
|
| Strongly Disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly Agree |
| The more fish I catch, the happier I am |
5.5 |
9.2 |
19.6 |
49.8 |
16.1 |
3.62 |
| A fishing trip can be a success even if no fish are caught |
5.8 |
20.5 |
23.8 |
38.1 |
11.8 |
3.29 |
| I usually eat the fish I catch |
11.3 |
9.7 |
14.9 |
36.6 |
27.4 |
3.59 |
| A successful trip is one in which many fish are caught |
4.7 |
18.1 |
25.6 |
39.2 |
12.5 |
3.37 |
| I would rather catch one or two big fish than ten smaller
fish |
4.0 |
16.2 |
22.4 |
40.8 |
16.5 |
3.50 |
| When I go fishing, I'm just as happy if I don't catch a fish |
16.2 |
42.0 |
20.8 |
15.5 |
5.6 |
2.52 |
| It doesn't matter to me what type of fish I catch |
2.6 |
21.3 |
26.3 |
39.5 |
10.5 |
3.34 |
| The bigger the fish, the better the fishing trip |
2.8 |
18.4 |
27.4 |
36.2 |
15.2 |
3.43 |
| I'm just as happy if I don't keep the fish I catch |
7.4 |
25.4 |
18.2 |
34.5 |
14.5 |
3.23 |
aMean score based on five-point scale: 1 =
strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly
agree. |