Abstract

HERNANDEZ TREJO, Víctor; AVILES POLANCO, Gerzaín; PONCE DIAZ, Germán  and  LLUCH BELDA, Daniel. Estimation of Differentiated Quotas for Fishing Permits in Los Cabos, Mexico. A Travel Cost Approach. Econ: teor. práct [online]. 2017, n.46, pp.139-171. ISSN 2448-7481.  https://doi.org/10.24275/etypuam/ne/462017/hernandeztrejo.

The aim of our research is to estimate different fees for sport fishing permits in Mexico using methods proposed by environmental economics, specifically travel costs. The study was conducted in Southern Baja California, the state which issued the most sport fishing permits in 2012, with 90,296. Los Cabos is the state’s leading sport fishing destination. Count models, Poisson and negative binomial, where used to estimate the amounts of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual sport fishing fees. The estimated fee for a daily permit is 40.60 USD, and estimates for weekly, monthly, and annual permits range between 54.055 and 54.493 USD. The study proposes two scenarios for sport fishing permit fees, OP1 and OP2, which could raise 4.788 and 4.789 million dollars respectively.

Keywords : Environmental economics; economic valuation; travel cost; fees; sport fishing.