The farming practices and economics of aquaculture in Thailand

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 265-287

  Piumsombun, Somying ^a   Rab, Mohammed A ^b   Dey, Madan Mohan ^b   Srichantuk, N ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Costs and benefits; Freshwater and marine; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISH CULTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MOLLUSCA; MUSCULISTA SENHOUSIA; OSTREIDAE; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 27244459915     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300590961582     Document Type: Review

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