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Table 15. Relative agreementa by partyboat
anglers with various catch/retention statements, according to specialization
level |
| Statement |
Specialization Level |
| Least |
Moderately |
Very |
Most |
| The more fish I catch, the happier I am |
3.60 |
3.60 |
3.68 |
3.85 |
| A fishing trip can be a success even if no fish are caught |
3.03 |
3.28 |
3.53 |
3.42 |
| I usually eat the fish I catch |
2.98 |
3.68 |
3.75 |
4.40 |
| A successful trip is one in which many fish are caught |
3.35 |
3.44 |
3.16 |
3.75 |
| I would rather catch one or two big fish than 10 smaller fish |
3.25 |
3.46 |
3.81 |
3.71 |
| When I go fishing, I'm just as happy if I don't catch a fish |
2.37 |
2.50 |
2.65 |
2.98 |
| It doesn't matter to me what type of fish I catch |
3.80 |
3.29 |
3.08 |
3.33 |
| The bigger the fish, the better the fishing trip |
3.32 |
3.48 |
3.36 |
3.48 |
| I'm just as happy if I don't keep the fish I catch |
3.32 |
3.19 |
3.25 |
2.90 |
aMean score based on five-point scale: 1 =
strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly
agree. |