Europeans and aquaculture: Perceived differences between wild and farmed fish

British Food Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-222

  Schlag, Anne Katrin ^a   Ystgaard, Kaja ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Consumer behaviour; Cross national research; Europe; Fish; Fish (food); Fish farming; Focus groups; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873423395     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701311302195     Document Type: Article

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