Environmental and animal welfare issues in food choice: The case of farmed fish

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-309

  Honkanen, Pirjo ^a   Olsen, Svein Ottar ^b  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Environmental regulations; Fish farming; Issues; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349798711     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700910941480     Document Type: Article

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