碩士 / 國立中興大學 / 應用經濟學系所 / 105 / Coral reefs are one of the most diverse biological resourcesof ecosystems. Beside playing a key role in the marine ecosystem balance, coral reefs are also important in social, economic and medicalsectors. More than 100 countries have coastlines with coral reefs. Taiwan has about 1/3 coral reefs species in the world due to its location and suitable climate. Kenting and offshore islands are the most abundant areas in Taiwan. A lot of angling activities in Kenting is due to its rich marine resources. But the negative impact of recreational fishing is often neglected. Relative regulatory programs are barely promoted. Considering the global trend of coral reefs degradation, it is important to make series of conservation policies. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate anglers'' preferences and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for conservation of coral reefs in Kenting National Park. Choice experiment method is used in this study. This research collected data about respondents'' preferences of conservation of coral reefs by face-to-face questionnaire. Multinomial logit model is employed to estimate the WTP for different conservation regulations of coral reefs such as capacity control of anglers, closed seasons, marine polices, and fishing spots.
The empirical results showed that respondents prefer conservation policies such as capacity control of anglers, expanding closed seasons, and setting up marine polices. However, the conservation policy for increase or decrease fishing spots was non-significant. The WTP for setting up marine polices received the highest value and anglers will overpay NT$464.5 per year. Moreover, respondents were willing to pay NT$278.44 per year and NT$145.88 per year for capacity control of anglers and expanding closed seasons respectively. Results from socio-economic characteristics indicated that retired respondents prefer a lower WTP premium for decreasing fishing spots, and anglers with higherinvestment for fishing rod were willing to pay more for all coral reefs conservation policies. The responses from anglers with different socio-economic characteristics revealeddifferences in preferences and WTP for conservation of coral reefs.
The results of this study demonstrate the preferences and WTP of respondents who once fished in Kenting for improvement to coral reefs status.These results could be a tool to assist public policy makers to improve conservation regulation of marine resources.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/105NCHU5412026 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Guan-Xin Wu, 吳冠勳 |
| Contributors | 陳韻如 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 63 |
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