Consumers' perception of farmed fish and willingness to pay for fish welfare

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 997-1010

  Solgaard, Hans Stubbe ^a   Yang, Yingkui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumers; Denmark; Fish farming; Fish welfare; Rainbow trout; Retailers; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 80052602159     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111153751     Document Type: Article

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