The World Food Summit which will be held at FAO in Rome in November of this year is expected to adopt a Plan of Action to Achieve Universal Food Security. World fisheries and international trade in fishery products will form part of the considerations of Heads of State and Government...
The Italian seafood chain is experiencing strong evolutionary pressures. Domestic operators, especially at catch
level suffer from weak organisational structures and poor logistics, fragmentation and lack of specialisation. Based on an
analysis of the sector's strengths and weaknesses, the authors present three recommendations for bringing about the necessary
changes. Whereas...
1999 marks the end of the first decade after the reestablishment of a free Poland and of the Polish market economy. Tremendous changes have been undertaken, and the seafood sector is no exception to ther general rule; it has changed to an extent that no one could have foreseen at...
Using a general equilibrium model that has a resource (fisheries) sector and that incorporates subsistence consumption into consumer preferences, we examine the costs and benefits of participating in international trade. In some cases income transfers may permit potential, but otherwise unachievable, gains from trade to occur.
The Conference Program for IIFET, held July 10-14 in Corvallis, Oregon. Program lists the sessions by date and time and includes the session titles, speakers and paper titles.
The Fish and fish products have emerged as the largest group in agricultural exports of India. The export of fish and fish products has jumped from a mere sum of US $ 10 million in 1960-61 to about US $ 1300 million in 2000-01. The export basket of fisheries sector...