Table 3. Comparison of predictor variables hypothesized to influence stakeholders’ opinions about the optimal total allowable commercial catch (TACC). Significant tests are highlighted in bold (α = 0.05). Letters next to values indicate differences between groups of stakeholders; those that share the same letter are not significantly different from each other (α = 0.05, post-hoc Ryan’s test).



Variable	Mean (SD)				Test	p-value

	Owners	Divers	Owner divers	Sons

Concern	5.1 (2.09)	5.4 (1.86)	6.0 (2.51)	5.7 (1.53)	F_3,98=0.75	0.523
Financial strain	3.2 (1.57) a	2.6 (1.29) a	4.3 (1.05) b	2.8 (1.40) a	F_3,118=5.95	0.001
Experience (y)	31.2 (11.94) a	14.4 (7.24) b	23.3 (9.37) a	10.5 (4.09) b	^†F_3,48.1=43.37	< 0.001
Age (y)	60.7 (8.01) a	42.5 (7.58) b	50.2 (8.01) c	33.4 (5.42) d	F_3,119=77.79	< 0.001
Income from fishery (%)	64.0 (37.05)	63.4 (27.92)	79.1 (25.40)	77.6 (26.21)	^†F_3,47.0=2.22	0.098

^†Welsh test and post-hoc Games-Howell tests due to unequal variances