Economic incentives to target species and fish size: Prices and fine-scale product attributes in Norwegian fisheries

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 733-740

  Asche, Frank ^a   Chen, Yanyou ^b   Smith, Martin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cod; Fish size; Fisheries management; King crab; Margins; Product attributes; Seafood markets; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DATA SET; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING GEAR; FISHING VESSEL; HARVESTING; MARKET CONDITIONS; SEAFOOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

NORWAY;

CHACEON AFFINIS;

EID: 84925683685     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu208     Document Type: Article

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