Dylan Bouchard, M. Camire, C. Davis, G. Shaler, Robyn Dumont, Raymond Bernier, R. Labbe
{"title":"Attitudes toward aquaculture and seafood purchasing preferences: Evidence from a consumer survey of Atlantic States","authors":"Dylan Bouchard, M. Camire, C. Davis, G. Shaler, Robyn Dumont, Raymond Bernier, R. Labbe","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper, we study the factors that influence consumer attitudes toward aquaculture as well as annual expenditure on aquaculture products. Our analysis is composed of two parts. First, we estimate the effects of several covariates of interest on annual seafood expenditure using a two-way censored regression model, due to the nature of the survey data. Our results indicate that consumers who are college-educated, aware of aquaculture operations in their area, and more aware about where their seafood is produced tend to spend more on farm-raised seafood. Second, attitude indices are used as dependent variables in three distinct logit regressions, one for each of the respective seafood categories, i.e., finfish, shellfish, and sea vegetables. For both the finfish and shellfish regressions, the results suggest that being older, being more informed about East Coast aquaculture operations, desiring at least state-level detail for production location, and looking closely at seafood labels more frequently were all associated with a lower probability of having a negative attitude toward aquaculture. Few explanatory variables had statistically significant effects in the sea vegetable regression, which is likely due to the low number of respondents in our sample aware of sea vegetable aquaculture operations (approximately 23%).","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"411 - 429"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869859","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46190564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Botta, Christa D. Court, Andrew Ropicki, Edward V. Camp
{"title":"Evaluating the regional economic contributions of US aquaculture: Case study of Florida’s shellfish aquaculture industry","authors":"R. Botta, Christa D. Court, Andrew Ropicki, Edward V. Camp","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Regional economic assessments (REAs), including economic contribution and impact analyses, are often used in resource-based industries to inform policymakers, elected officials, and the general public of an industry’s role within the regional economy. However, REAs have been difficult to conduct for the aquaculture industry due to issues with data availability and quality. This paper will provide an overview of economic contribution analysis, the challenges associated with applying these analyses to U.S. aquaculture production, and techniques to overcome these challenges. The Florida shellfish aquaculture industry is used as an example to highlight some of the data issues and how using different methods within a REA can lead to inaccurate representations of an industry’s economic contribution.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"223 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869860","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"60198025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran, G. Puggioni, H. Uchida, J. Opaluch
{"title":"Do oyster farms actually reduce the property values? Empirical evidence from Rhode Island","authors":"Pratheesh O. Sudhakaran, G. Puggioni, H. Uchida, J. Opaluch","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1869857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869857","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While there in general appears to be public support for shellfish aquaculture operations, the construction of oyster farms often meets opposition where an important argument is devaluation of housing property. This makes it important to study the effect of construction of oyster farms on property value. In this paper house sales data from Rhode Island between 2000 and 2013 is analyzed to evaluate the effect of oyster farm construction on property values using a difference-in-difference (DiD) approach within a hedonic price model (HPM). Given the use of sales data this study focuses on the perceptions of people in the housing market. We found that the impacts are more nuanced and complex: overall on average the construction of oyster farms increased the value of the houses located closer to the farm. When the houses are grouped by their value category, however, our results show that the value of luxury houses decreased significantly.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"202 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1869857","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49634539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Osmundsen, K. Karlsen, Roy Robertsen, B. Hersoug
{"title":"Shared waters—shared problems: The role of self-governance in managing common pool resources","authors":"T. Osmundsen, K. Karlsen, Roy Robertsen, B. Hersoug","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1857468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1857468","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Seafood production governance, primarily and traditionally a governmental activity, is increasingly designed and performed by private actors, such as business organizations and/or Non-Governmental Organization. This is often seen as complementary to public regulation in handling collective problems, but there are few studies within the aquaculture sector which investigate the extent and potential of such arrangements. The aim of this paper is to study self-regulation among groups of fish farmers as a means to solve collective challenges in the commons and to derive lessons for future cooperative arrangements. Using data from the Norwegian salmon industry, we investigate the extent of private self-regulated collaborations, the motivation for collaboration, and the self-reported obstacles. We further elucidate the strengths and weaknesses of such arrangements, both regarding day-to-day operations and in times of crisis. The findings show that private self-regulation plays an important role in increasing available resources in addressing common challenges and coordinating the production to limit negative externalities. However, such arrangements cannot work in isolation and need to be aligned with the role and functioning of public authorities. In fact, the looming shadow of the state is an important prerequisite for the successful role of such arrangements.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"275 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1857468","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46680191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Market integration and price leadership: The U.S. Atlantic salmon market","authors":"L. Salazar, J. Dresdner","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1843562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1843562","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract When markets are integrated and the law of one price holds, prices confronted by different producers should tend to uniformity, in the long run, allowance is made for differences in quality and transportation costs. However, how producers coordinate to align prices is not obvious and probably the answer will vary between markets. In this article, we investigate this question using salmon prices differentials, for the main export countries—Canada, Chile, Norway, and the United Kingdom—of farmed Atlantic salmon in the United States market. The results indicate that there is a single common stochastic trend for the prices of the main suppliers of farmed Atlantic salmon in the United States market. Moreover, the Law of One Price cannot be rejected, implying that farmed Atlantic salmon from the different producers are perfect substitutes for U.S. consumers and that markets are fully integrated. Finally, testing for price leadership, we find that the main exporters follow the lead of the least cost-efficient producer, the United Kingdom.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"245 - 259"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1843562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41912185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Adhikari, U. Deb, M. Dey, Lin Xie, Nabin Babu Khanal, C. Grimm, J. Bland, P. Bechtel
{"title":"Consumers’ willingness-to-pay for convenient catfish products: Results from experimental auctions in Arkansas","authors":"S. Adhikari, U. Deb, M. Dey, Lin Xie, Nabin Babu Khanal, C. Grimm, J. Bland, P. Bechtel","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1840663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840663","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study has examined consumers’ acceptance, preference, and willingness to pay (WTP) for five newly developed convenient (ready-to-cook) catfish products. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, in collaboration with Texas State University and USDA Agricultural Research Services, New Orleans, has developed these products. We have collected data from 121 catfish consumers of Arkansas through 18 experimental auction sessions (Vickrey’s second-price auction). Participants evaluated the products’ sensory attributes (appearance, color, glossiness, and serving size). They elicited their WTP for each of the products through bid (quoted price) in separate sealed envelopes. Consumers’ acceptance of various product attributes was measured using a hedonic scale (Likert scale) and just about right (JAR) scale. We have measured consumers’ preferences for the products and their attributes through two-way internal preference mapping (Principal Component Analysis) and three-way internal preference mapping (Parallel Factor Analysis—PARAFAC). We have examined the role of consumers’ acceptance level for product attributes and the participants’ socioeconomic characteristics on their WTP using the Tobit model. The study revealed that the acceptance level for panko-breaded products was higher than marinated products. Consumers preferred breaded products to marinated products. The WTP for a product was higher with the higher acceptance ratings for product attributes, young participants, and African–American catfish consumers. There was a negative relation between the participants’ education level (dummy for bachelor’s degree holders) and their WTP. The study concluded that all the newly developed catfish products are likely to be successful as future seafood products in the market.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"135 - 158"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840663","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48427720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What influences the intention to adopt aquaculture innovations? Concepts and empirical assessment of fish farmers’ perceptions and beliefs about aquafeed containing non-conventional ingredients","authors":"C. Brugere, K. Padmakumar, W. Leschen, D. Tocher","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1840661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840661","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) has so far found few applications in aquaculture research. Using Rogers’ innovation adoption characteristics as a complementary framework, we explore its relevance in describing Indian carp farmers’ perceptions of the attributes of fish feed containing non-conventional ingredients (seaweeds, freshwater macrophytes, microalgae and microbes), and in understanding the factors influencing their intention to use these feeds. We find that fish farmers familiar with manufactured feed tend to have more positive attitudes to the inclusion of non-conventional ingredients in fish feed than those who are not. Perceived peer pressure, importance and benefits from the novel aquafeed, perceived comparative advantage and uncertainty regarding outcomes from its use are the main determinants of intention to adopt the proposed feed innovation. The combined application of the TPB and Rogers’ innovation framework provides valuable insights into fish farmers’ attitudes and behavioral intention toward innovation adoption, and we recommend its wider use for designing interventions that promote technological innovations and improved farm management. By exploring the underpinnings of intention to adopt an innovation, our study contributes to the literature on fish farmers’ behavior and attitudes to innovations in aquaculture.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"339 - 366"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840661","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43104229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differentiation in the Atlantic salmon industry: A synopsis","authors":"A. Cojocaru, Audun Iversen, Ragnar Tveterås","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1840664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840664","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The value chain for farmed salmon has experienced substantial changes over the past decades as a result of innovation in production technology, logistics, distribution and marketing that have helped facilitate the rapid production growth. The high level of control over the production environment in principle makes it possible for Atlantic salmon to be tailored on a number of product attributes or dimensions in response to requirements from different customer groups. However, when compared to meat production, differentiation in farmed salmon remains limited, pointing to a still immature industry. Based primarily on interviews with Norwegian producers, we offer an overview of the prominent differentiation strategies today and discuss barriers to further differentiation.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"177 - 201"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840664","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43441058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Nielsen, Isaac Ankamah-Yeboah, Ignacio Llorente
{"title":"Technical efficiency and environmental impact of seabream and seabass farms","authors":"R. Nielsen, Isaac Ankamah-Yeboah, Ignacio Llorente","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1840662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840662","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sea cage farming of seabream and seabass is the most important form of aquaculture production in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the continuous global growth in aquaculture production and demand, the economic performance of seabream and seabass companies has not followed the same trend. In recent years, companies have faced successive periods of market instability, with high volatility in supply and market prices that have strongly affected their operational margins. Despite the regional importance of this industry, only a handful of studies have examined the economic performance of these farms. In this paper, we investigate the technical efficiency and scale effects of Mediterranean aquaculture farms. Furthermore, environmental impact in terms of nutrient emissions from the farms is examined and discussed. Technical efficiency effects are analyzed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and the bootstrap procedure is used for bias correction. The results show that the mean technical efficiency could be improved by between 16% and 34%, and scale efficiency suggests that farms could improve their efficiency by operating at an optimal scale. Compared to measurements in previous studies, the environmental variables show that the emission of nutrients from the farms per kilo of fish produced has not changed over the past twenty years. Finally, policy implications suggest that more attention toward improving technical efficiency may help improve the robustness of the sector and that environmental regulation might be needed in order to improve the environmental performance of farms.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"106 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840662","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42170874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raquel Fernández‐González, Marcos I. Pérez‐Pérez, M. D. Garza-Gil
{"title":"An analysis of production factors for Galician-farmed turbot: From boom to stagnation","authors":"Raquel Fernández‐González, Marcos I. Pérez‐Pérez, M. D. Garza-Gil","doi":"10.1080/13657305.2020.1840659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840659","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Aquaculture production of turbot in Galicia (Spain) has grown significantly in the last 35 years. The evolution of the sector and the variations in its production technologies are the result of the confluence of different phenomena such as horizontal integration, the arrival of foreign investment or the independence of imported inputs. This article analyses the evolution of Galician-farmed turbot sector production. Five main factors (space, technology, production, marketing and environment), and profitability are studied and analyzed. The results show that the average rate of return in the sector has increased significantly over the last years.","PeriodicalId":48854,"journal":{"name":"Aquaculture Economics & Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"320 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13657305.2020.1840659","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47199856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}