Farmers' perceived risks and risk management strategies in an emerging mussel aquaculture industry in Denmark

Marine Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-323

  Ahsan, Dewan A ^a   Roth, E V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Risk management; Risk perception; Seafood markets

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78149271878     PISSN: 07381360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5950/0738-1360-25.3.309     Document Type: Article

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