Economic comparison between offshore and inshore aquaculture production systems of European sea bass in Italy

Aquaculture

Volumn 434, Issue , 2014, Pages 334-339

  Di Trapani, Anna Maria ^a   Sgroi, Filippo ^a   Testa, Riccardo ^a   Tudisca, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Dicentrarchus labrax; Financial indicators; Monte Carlo analysis; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; MARICULTURE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PERCIFORM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ITALY;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX;

EID: 84907498749     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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