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Management of coastal fisheries in Vietnam

Dao, M.S.; Pham, T. - WorldFish Center, Consultative Group on International …

; (2) ensuring that the benefits of production are distributed equitably; (3) ensuring that the productivity generated …

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The role of fisheries sector in the coastal fishing communities of Sri Lanka

Wijayaratne, B.; Maldeniya, R. - WorldFish Center, Consultative Group on International …

employment opportunities to over 115 000 people and indirect benefits to 100 000 people in related occupations such as fish …

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Socioeconomic assessment of marine fisheries of Thailand

Boonchuwongse, Pongpat; Dechboon, Waraporn - WorldFish Center, Consultative Group on International …

Thailand is currently one of the ten largest fishing nations in the world. In 1996, fish production reached 3.7 million t with 90% of the production coming from the marine fisheries sector and 10% from inland fisheries. Thai fishing operates in four fishing grounds namely, the Gulf of Thailand,...

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The Choice of Fish Species: An Experiment Measuring the Impact of Risk and Benefit Information

Marette, Stephan; Roosen, Jutta; Blanchemanche, Sandrine; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 33 (2008) 01

revealing risks (methylmercury) and benefits (omega-3s), along with consumption recommendations, were delivered to experiment … on risks and benefits. The results of the experiment are combined with a partial equilibrium model to determine the value …

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Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Bangladesh

Dey, M.M.; Bose, M.L.; Alam, M.F. - WorldFish Center, Consultative Group on International …

This report is an output of the project ôDetermination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asiaö. This monograph is the case study for Bangladesh. Written in three parts, it describes the historical background, practices, stakeholder profiles, production...

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Research on Fish Consumer Profile Evaluation in Romanian Plain Area

STANCIU, Silvius; NISTOR, Costel; DUMITRASCU, Loredana; … - In: Risk in Contemporary Economy (2011), pp. 49-57

Research aimed at shaping a fish consumer profile in the Romanian Plain area. 150 people were interviewed. Preferences evaluation was conducted by means of a questionnaire with 27 questions. Favorite fish species, purchasing place and manner, favorite preparation choices, consumption frequency...

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A model of fish consumption among young consumers

Thorsdottir, Fanney; Sveinsdottir, Kolbrun; Jonsson, … - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 29 (2012) 1, pp. 4-12

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine attitudes towards fish consumption, social pressure, fish preparation and cooking skills, sensory beliefs, health involvement and fish consumption in childhood as predictors of fish consumption among consumers in their early adulthood. While...

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Issues in the assessment of congenital health risks from mercury in coal

Lipfert, F.W.; Moskowitz, P.D.; Saroff, L. - 2011

This paper describes a probabilistic assessment of congenital neurological risks associated with consumption of fish and shellfish containing MeHg and the effects that local coal combustion might have on those risks. Two scenarios were considered with this model: the ``baseline`` scenario (MeHg...

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Estimating Economic Health Costs of Not Controlling Toxic Water Pollution

Easter, K. William; Konishi, Yoshifumi - 2006

benefits of preventing toxic water contamination when a given type of toxification occurs (or is likely to occur) in a given … to obtain reasonable estimates of welfare benefits and weigh them against the economic costs of removing toxins. This …--to demonstrate, with specific examples of arsenic, mercury and atrazine, how welfare estimates may vary when a particular behavioral …

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The Benefits and Costs of Fish Consumption Advisories for Mercury

Jakus, Paul M.; McGuinness, Meghan; Krupnick, Alan J. - 2002

Mercury contamination of the Chesapeake Bay is a concern to health authorities in the region. We evaluate the economic … benefits. An estimate of percentage of consumer surplus loss is applied to the value of all fishing days in the bay to estimate … benefits are estimated using estimated exposure and epidemiological relationships, and while potentially large, are highly …

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