The image of fish from aquaculture among Europeans: Impact of exposure to balanced information

Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-119

  Altintzoglou, Themistoklis ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b   Vanhonacker, Filiep ^b   Luten, Joop ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aquaculture; communication; consumer; fish origin; information; perception

Indexed keywords

FISH FARMING; INFORMATION PERCEPTION; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; POSITIVE EFFECTS;

AQUACULTURE; FISH;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 77953794109     PISSN: 10498850     EISSN: 15470636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10498850.2010.492093     Document Type: Article

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