Estimating recreational trout fishing damages in Montana's Clark Fork River basin: summary of a natural resource damage assessment.


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Edward R. Morey, William S. Breffle, Robert Rowe, Donald Waldman
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 66(2), 2002, pp. 159-170

DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479702905736?via%3Dihub

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Morey, E. R., Breffle, W. S., Rowe, R., & Waldman, D. (2002). Estimating recreational trout fishing damages in Montana's Clark Fork River basin: summary of a natural resource damage assessment. Journal of Environmental Management, 66(2), 159–170. https://doi.org/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479702905736?via%3Dihub


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Morey, Edward R., William S. Breffle, Robert Rowe, and Donald Waldman. “Estimating Recreational Trout Fishing Damages in Montana's Clark Fork River Basin: Summary of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.” Journal of Environmental Management 66, no. 2 (2002): 159–170.


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Morey, Edward R., et al. “Estimating Recreational Trout Fishing Damages in Montana's Clark Fork River Basin: Summary of a Natural Resource Damage Assessment.” Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 66, no. 2, 2002, pp. 159–70, doi:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479702905736?via%3Dihub.


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@article{edward2002a,
  title = {Estimating recreational trout fishing damages in Montana's Clark Fork River basin: summary of a natural resource damage assessment.},
  year = {2002},
  issue = {2},
  journal = {Journal of Environmental Management},
  pages = {159-170},
  volume = {66},
  doi = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479702905736?via%3Dihub},
  author = {Morey, Edward R. and Breffle, William S. and Rowe, Robert and Waldman, Donald}
}

Abstract

This paper summarizes a natural resource damage assessment for the State of Montana. Mining wastes have caused significant reductions in trout stocks in a 145-mile stretch of Montana's Silver Bow Creek and Clark Fork River. To estimate economic damages from decreases in catch rates, we develop and estimate an individual-based utility-theoretic model of where and how often an angler will fish as a function of travel costs, catch rates, and other influential characteristics of the site and individuals. The model includes resident and nonresident anglers who currently fish in Montana, and allows them to have different preferences. Demand parameters and expected catch rates are simultaneously estimated. The value of time is endogenously estimated as a proportion of the wage rate. Catch rates are linked to trout stocks through a stock-catch function. Collection of the angler data involved a three-step process: anglers were intercepted at 26 study sites, a subsample of anglers was selected to reflect the population trip-taking proportions to the study sites, and these anglers received follow-up surveys through the fishing season. Avidity weights are used to correct for the higher level of avidity inherent in intercept samples.





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