Bayesian modelling of catch in a Northwest Atlantic Fishery
We model daily catches of fishing boats in the Grand Bank fishing grounds. We use data on catches per species for a number of vessels collected by the European Union in the context of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Many variables can be thought to influence the amount caught: a numbe...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:edn:esedps:67 2024-04-14T08:16:44+00:00 Bayesian modelling of catch in a Northwest Atlantic Fishery Carmen Fernandez Eduardo Ley Mark F J Steel http://www.econ.ed.ac.uk/papers/id67_esedps.pdf unknown http://www.econ.ed.ac.uk/papers/id67_esedps.pdf preprint ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:29:50Z We model daily catches of fishing boats in the Grand Bank fishing grounds. We use data on catches per species for a number of vessels collected by the European Union in the context of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Many variables can be thought to influence the amount caught: a number of ship characteristics (such as the size of the ship, the fishing technique used, the mesh size of the nets, etc.), are obvious candidates, but one can also consider the season or the actual location of the catch. Our database leads to 28 possible regressors (arising from six continuous variables and four categorical variables, whose 22 levels are treated separately), resulting in a set of 177 million possible linear regression models for the log of catch. Zero observations are modelled separately through a probit model. Inference is based on Bayesian model averaging, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach. Particular attention is paid to prediction of catch for single and aggregated ships. Bayesian model averaging, categorical varaibles, Grand Bank fishery, predictive inference, Probit model Report Northwest Atlantic RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) |
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We model daily catches of fishing boats in the Grand Bank fishing grounds. We use data on catches per species for a number of vessels collected by the European Union in the context of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization. Many variables can be thought to influence the amount caught: a number of ship characteristics (such as the size of the ship, the fishing technique used, the mesh size of the nets, etc.), are obvious candidates, but one can also consider the season or the actual location of the catch. Our database leads to 28 possible regressors (arising from six continuous variables and four categorical variables, whose 22 levels are treated separately), resulting in a set of 177 million possible linear regression models for the log of catch. Zero observations are modelled separately through a probit model. Inference is based on Bayesian model averaging, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo approach. Particular attention is paid to prediction of catch for single and aggregated ships. Bayesian model averaging, categorical varaibles, Grand Bank fishery, predictive inference, Probit model |
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Bayesian modelling of catch in a Northwest Atlantic Fishery |
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Bayesian modelling of catch in a Northwest Atlantic Fishery |
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Bayesian modelling of catch in a Northwest Atlantic Fishery |
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