Households' willingness-to-pay for improved fish welfare in breeding programs for farmed Atlantic salmon

Aquaculture

Volumn 372-375, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-27

  Grimsrud, K M ^a,c   Nielsen, H M ^b   Navrud, S ^c   Olesen, I ^b,c  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Aquaculture; Atlantic salmon; Breeding; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; AQUACULTURE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SALMONID; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84868601300     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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