Economic analysis of netcage versus sea-bag production systems for salmon aquaculture in British Columbia

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-395

  Liu, Yajie ^a   Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental costs; Financial performance; Netcage and sea bag systems; Salmon aquaculture

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; SALMONID CULTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36849022268     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300701727235     Document Type: Article

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