Risk assessment in open-ocean aquaculture: A firm-level investment-production model

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-387

  Jin, Di ^a   Kite Powell, Hauke ^a   Hoagland, Porter ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Open ocean aquaculture; Risk assessment; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; INVESTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GADUS MORHUA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 30444439900     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300500242261     Document Type: Article

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