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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:: 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:: 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:: Hartmann, Jessica, Setala, Jari, Saarni, Kaija, Honkanen, Asmo, and Virtanen, Jarno
Abstract:: The fish market in Finland has changed dramatically since the removal of trade barriers to the importation of fresh salmon in 1993. Imported salmon has rapidly captured markets from domestically produced salmon trout. Another clear trend has been increased concentration at the wholesale and retail level, which in turn has...
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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 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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Creator:: Virtanen, Jarno, Setala, Jari, Laitinen, Jukka, Saarni, Kaija, Honkanen, Asmo, and Nielsen, Max
Abstract:: Finnish fish markets have traditionally been supplied by domestic wild fish species: Baltic herring, salmon and several freshwater species. Nowadays, farmed salmon and rainbow trout dominate the market and wild-caught species are moving to niche product segment. In this paper we examine the market integration of Finnish fish markets. We...
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