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In developed country markets, the consideration of consumer wants has not been prominent hitherto in aquaculture production decisions. Like capture fisheries aquaculture has been product driven. This supply-side focus reflects an emphasis upon technical solutions to the production and capacity problems of high unit value (HUV) species culture. Whilst this...
This paper relates fish market and product development to consumer habits, perceptions, income, and other socio-economic factors through descriptive statistics and logic model analysis. The study collects and analyzes information needed for guiding public and private decisions in domestic fish market development. A 1994 survey interviewed a sample of 130...
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...
Main research question: How is seafood consumption influenced by overweight and health beliefs in a region of traditional high-level fish consumption? Materials and methods: A randomly drawn sample of women aged 45-69 years who live in Northern Norway answered a self-administrated questionnaire about eating habits, socioeconomic factors and questions related...
This paper presents the interim results of an ongoing research project funded by the 'Research Councils
UK' Rural Economy Land Use programme. The project has a multi-disciplinary perspective on the
potential production and marketing of tilapia as a niche product under a diversification strategy for UK
arable and dairy farmers;...
The harvesting strategies in open access marine fishery and marketing patterns of marine products have
undergone rapid structural changes in the post liberalisation era of the Indian Economy. There is a
continuous increase in demand and price of the fish both in domestic and export markets and the thrust on...
The consumption of catfish in Vietnam has not grown enough to match their increased production. The objective of this study is to explore the factors that influence the decision process of catfish consumers in Vietnam. The findings provide information for the Vietnamese catfish industry to better attract more domestic consumers...
The main objective of this paper was to study consumer concern for ethical and environmental issues regarding fishing and aquaculture. Cross-sectional data was collected in Valencia, Spain. A total sample of 452 consumers was obtained. This study uses descriptive and multivariate techniques to present data, and to obtain and describe...
After decades of decline, real salmon prices paid to California fishermen have rebounded in the past few years. This recent price recovery is probably due in part to reduced availability of fresh salmon in local
markets, but anecdotal evidence suggests increased product differentiation by consumers is also an important part...