Accounting for potential nonlinearity between catch and effort using meta-analysis and applying GLM and GLMM to fishing data from deployments of fixed and mobile gear
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2016
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Aljafary, Michelle
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My thesis examines nonlinearity between catch and effort. I use a meta-analysis of published literature and generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMM) on both fixed and mobile gear fisheries of Atlantic Canada. The meta-analysis examines the proportionality of catch to effort using the slope of the reduced major axis (RMA) log-log regression, which accounts for “errors-in-variables”. The GLMMs explored proportionality while accounting for variation among fishing vessels. Both analyses found evidence for disproportionality between catch and effort. Catch that increases disproportionally to effort could result from either facilitation or recruitment of effort into the fishery. Catch increases that are less than proportional are expected from competitive interactions among fishers or gear saturation. The GLMM also revealed that the level of aggregation (by set, trip, monthly, or annually) can affect the apparent proportionality between catch and effort. In general, catch and effort should not be considered to be proportional.
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meta-analysis, generalized linear mixed-effects model (GLMM), catch, effort, error-in-variables, proportionality, disproportionality, mixed effects, RMA, OLS, aggregation.