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Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, May,
10 pp.
This paper presents a brief background on the Hazard Analysis of
Critical Control Points (HACCP) Programmes, which have been adopted by many
developed nations to ensure a safe seafood supply, and on the recent trend
toward use of eco-labels to indicate which fisheries products have
environmentally desirable properties. The final section focuses on the
potential of each of these programmes to create either inadvertent or blatant
seafood trade barriers, and compare and contrast the effects of the programmes
of developed versus developing nations.
Wessells, Cathy Roheim and James L. Anderson (1991). "Innovations and
Progress in Seafood Demand and Market Analysis." Draft report,
Department of Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island,
Kingston, RI 02881, May, pp. 21.
This paper reviews several economic studies that present a spectrum of
interesting and creative approaches to analyzing the demand for and markets of
fish and seafood. We do so in an effort to illustrate the potential of this
area of research in the decisions that promote efficient use of the worlds'
fisheries resources. Each approach has its merits and limitations, depending
on the issue at hand, quality of the data and skills of the researcher. The
approaches are delineated by categorizing them either as demand analysis
studies following more traditional commodity analysis methods, or as market
research studies, following approaches used by the business marketing
profession.
Wessells, Cathy R., Holger Donath, and Robert J. Johnston (1999). U.S.
Consumer Preferences for Ecolabeled Seafood, Results of a Consumer
Study. Sea Grant No. NA86RG0076, University of Rhode Island,
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Kingston,
RI, September, 68 pp.
The potential acceptance of consumers for a seafood products ecolabeling
program was evaluated. A telephone survey of 1,640 seafood consumers across
the contiguous U.S. was administered between September and October 1998. A
contingent choice survey was used to elicit choice of ecolabeled versus nonecolabeled
seafood products. The results of the survey indicate that with
sufficient market research and consumer education, certifying and ecolabeling
some seafood products may be a feasible long run approach to promoting
sustainable fisheries.
Wessells, Cathy Roheim, Christopher J. Miller, and Priscilla M. Brooks (1995).
Toxic Algae Contamination and Demand for Shellfish: A Case Study of
Demand for Mussels in Montreal. Marine Resource Economics, 10(2):143-
159.
Toxic algae blooms are a worldwide phenomena, which appear to be
increasing in frequency and severity. These natural events cause product
contaminations that often have significant economic consequences, including
supply interruptions due to closed fishing grounds, losses from human illness,
and losses due to a decline in demand for the affected products. This paper
evaluates the impacts of a toxic algae bloom contamination event on demand for
unaffected shellfish. As an empirical example of the economic losses the
shellfish industry experiences for these events, demand for mussels in
Montreal is estimated using firm level data and proxies for consumer
information, during and after domoic acid contamination of Prince Edward
Island mussels. Sales losses due to decreased demand are calculated.
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