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Table 26. Extent to which saltwater shore 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 |
2.1 |
9.7 |
23.2 |
53.1 |
12.1 |
3.63 |
| A fishing trip can be a success even if no fish are caught |
0.1 |
5.0 |
15.1 |
55.9 |
23.9 |
3.99 |
| I usually eat the fish I catch |
22.6 |
16.3 |
16.7 |
27.2 |
17.3 |
3.00 |
| A successful trip is one in which many fish are caught |
5.8 |
31.5 |
28.7 |
30.3 |
3.7 |
2.95 |
| I would rather catch one or two big fish than 10 smaller fish |
4.5 |
14.3 |
27.7 |
30.8 |
22.7 |
3.52 |
| When I go fishing, I'm just as happy if I don't catch a fish |
2.5 |
33.3 |
24.9 |
30.4 |
9.0 |
3.10 |
| It doesn't matter to me what type of fish I catch |
5.6 |
23.5 |
25.4 |
39.2 |
6.4 |
3.17 |
| The bigger the fish, the better the fishing trip |
4.0 |
19.7 |
32.5 |
30.7 |
13.0 |
3.41 |
| I'm just as happy if I don't keep the fish I catch |
3.5 |
5.5 |
14.0 |
43.2 |
33.7 |
3.98 |
aMean score based on five-point scale: 1 =
strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, and 5 = strongly
agree. |