Due to the relatively small size of the sample with regard tosome fleet segments, and for the purposes of the analysis set out,
the Likert scale was collapsed to two points for all of the segments:
“unfavourable” covers the possibilities “strongly unfavourable” and
“quite unfavourable”; and “favourable”, which covers the options
“quite favourable” and “strongly favourable”. In order to quantify
fishermen's preferences for the different management options
posed, a binomial testwas used. Lastly, in order to identify on which
individual characteristics of fisherman (demographic, vessel characteristics,
attitudes and preferences) such ranges of response
impact, logistic regression models were established as follows: