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Creator:: Setala, Jari, Mickwitz, Per, Virtanen, Jarno, Honkanen, Asmo, and Saarni, Kaija
Abstract:: The fish markets in Finland were formerly protected from international competition. The markets were gradually opened to free competition in the 1990s due to the EEA agreement and EU membership. As a consequence, the importation of fresh salmon from Norway rapidly increased, and imported salmon captured the markets from domestic...
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Creator:: Setala, Jari, Laitinen, Jukka, Virtanen, Jarno, Saarni, Kaija, Nielsen, Max, and Honkanen, Asmo
Abstract:: Freshwater fish species and Baltic salmon are important to small-scale fisheries in Finland and Sweden. The formerly local markets for these species have expanded as the food trade has been opened up to international competition. In this study we use cointegration analysis to test the spatial integration of freshwater fish...
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Creator:: Mickwitz, Per, Veitola, Kristina, Honkanen, Asmo, and Koskela, Juha
Abstract:: Applied research is often motivated by the economic benefits it will give rise to. These benefits are due to either improved production techniques or new products. The realisation of these objectives depends much on the assessment of different research alternatives and allocation of resources between them. Also within aquaculture research...
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Creator:: Honkanen, Asmo and Ahvonen, Anssi
Abstract:: The market for fish products in Finland has changed markedly since the removal of trade barriers after the country's accession to the EU in 1995. Further the transition from a producer to a consumer-oriented society has created numerous new demands for food products. New dietary trends, such as low fat...
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Creator:: Saarni, Kaija, Setala, Jari, Honkanen, Asmo, and Virtanen, Jarno
Abstract:: Compared to other EU-countries, the consumption of fish is relatively high in Finland at 15 kg per capita. On the contrary, the consumption of meat is low. The total consumption of meat is 66 kg per capita, of which 20 per cent is poultry. During the last decade there have...
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Creator:: Ahvonen, Anssi, Honkanen, Asmo, and Godenhjelm, Petri
Abstract:: A general way to collect quantitative data on consumer's opinions is to conduct a survey. One basic qualification in a survey research is that the contents of the questions should have the same meaning to all the respondents. However, respondents different interpretations of the same meaning to all the respondents....
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Creator:: Nielsen, Max, Setala, Jari, Laitinen, Jukka, Saarni, Kaija, Virtanen, Jarno, and Honkanen, Asmo
Abstract:: In this paper, a new test for causality in demand on markets supplied by both farmed and captured fish is presented. This method is applied on markets for trout and potential substitutes imported to Germany, to identify market delineation and causality in demand. It is found that markets for small...
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Creator:: Ahvonen, Anssi and Honkanen, Asmo
Abstract:: Fishery barometer is a follow up survey that measures and analyses simultaneously consumers' and producers' opinions about fish products, fisheries and production environments. The barometer also establishes a platform for a traditional business survey of the economic outlook for fishery enterprises. The fishery barometer aims to collect data that are...
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Creator:: Honkanen, Asmo
Abstract:: Catering establishments in Finland are very heterogeneous (restaurants, hotels, personnel canteens, hospitals, schools etc.). These kitchens annually prepare over 600 million meals with the total number of kitchens at over 20,000. The objective of this study was to estimate quantity and frequency of fish consumption within the Finnish catering market....
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Creator:: Honkanen, Asmo and Ahvonen, Anssi
Abstract:: The study examines the economic prospects and trends of fishery enterprises in the years 2000-2004 in Finland. At the beginning of every year, the enterprises were asked to evaluate some of their economic parameters, such as financial standing, turnover and investments. The present situation was compared with the previous 12...
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