This paper will present some preliminary result from a study of post-harvest losses in the Sri Lanka tuna value chain. Fish losses refer to the decrease in edible fish mass throughout the part of value chain that specifically leads to edible food for human consumption. Sri Lanka is a unique...
Consumers all over the world have a strong preference for fresh newly harvested fish, which is reflected in a higher market value compared to most other preserved and processed fish products. The perishability of the fresh fish and the distribution distance drive in contrary the fish value chains into preservation...
Although many countries develop dominating export conventions aimed
for strengthen the fishing industry export based economy, the export
performance varies. The institutional reasons for such differences in
performance are investigated in a comparative study of the Norwegian and
Icelandic export of salted cod to the Spanish market. Iceland has over...