In this paper, we examine the problems inherent in the export-oriented tuna industry taking the Philippines and Indonesia as examples. Although problems are reduced to the depletion of or possible depletion of tuna resources, we intend to clarify the industry structure that may have led to such local depletion. Though...
The seafood industry is one part of the food industry competing for consumer protein demand. Generic advertising
or promotion offers one approach to expand that demand. Generic promotion programs focus on market expansion involving
an entire industry or segment. They involve advertising directly to the final consumer or to institutional...
This paper discusses some results from a regional study of the proper roles of ecological research scientists in
natural resource decision-making. The study was conducted in the Pacific Northwest by researchers at Oregon State
University and focuses on scientists involved in the Long Term Ecological Research Program (LTER). Using data...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is among those institutions that advocate free trade in goods, service and capital
among nations. This view is not shared universally, however, especially when there are important natural resource, environmental and
labor issues at stake. In fact, some countries discourage the exportation of natural resource...
Forest management in the Little Red River/Tall Cree traditionally used territory has long been dictated by
‘professionally’ trained foresters whose interests often run counter to those of aboriginal community residents. Because of
this, band members have largely been excluded from the decision making process while their concerns, values, and
knowledge...
Managers play an important role in strategic decision making. One important objective of strategic leadership is
that of linking the organization to its environment. In this paper we ask the question: To what degree are managers' external
network contingent on organizational design, i.e. the internal characteristics of the organization? With...
Individual Vessel Quota (IVQ) management provides geoduck harvesters in British Columbia with a greater stake in
the fishery, by enhancing certainty of harvest access to the fishery. IVQ management has encouraged harvesters to become more
interested in the economic and environmental sustainability of the fishery and less in developing strategies...
This study investigates a possible structural break in the relationship between the price of Norwegian salmon
exported to the EU and prices of Chilean salmon exported to the US. A structural break is expected in the spring/summer
1997 because restrictions on price and quantum on Norwegian salmon was introduced at...
In this paper we use cointegration analysis and the Law of One Price to test for proportionality between hake prices at
different stages along the value chain in the French hake market. Cointegration analysis is an appropriate means of testing for
price proportionality when price series are non-stationary, as was...
Rising consumer concern over intensive food production issues has resulted in an increase in demand for organic
alternatives to a wide variety of foods including fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry. More recently, there has also been
considerable interest in the marketing of more environmentally-friendly supplies of fish, including those...