Impact of Subsidies on the Economic and Environmental Conditions of Small Scale Fisheries in Malaysia
Table 2:
Fishing operation | Boat A | Boat B | t-statistics | ||
Mean | Std. dev | Mean | Std. dev | ||
Operational expenses (RM/per month) | 2,213.1 | 4832.9 | 14,955.3 | 21436.9 | 8.5*** |
Fishing effort (hours/month) | 156.73 | 82.89 | 247.32 | 144.52 | 5.6*** |
Fuel obtained from open market (RM/month) | 66.09 | 159.16 | 1,338.85 | 3026.57 | 5.7*** |