Salmon lice, L epeophtheirus salmonis, are naturally occurring parasites of salmon in sea
water. Intensive salmon farming provides better conditions for parasite growth and …

Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

This paper investigates the development of production costs in aquaculture of Atlantic
salmon between the five main producer countries. A unique data set allows us to analyse …

Diseases are an important challenge in aquaculture. However, most of what is known about
the effect of diseases comes from laboratory experiments. Using a farm-level data set …

The seemingly inexhaustible oceans have proved to be finite after all. Capture of wild fish
have leveled off since the mid-1980s, and many stocks of fish are fished so heavily that their …

Salmon farming is among the most successful aquaculture industries with a production
growth that is substantially higher than aggregate aquaculture production in recent decades …

In most retail markets, sellers post the price and consumers choose which products to buy.
We designed an experimental market with posted prices to investigate consumers' …

First published in 1990, The Economics of Salmon Aquaculture was the first book to
systematically analyse the salmon aquaculture industry, from both a market and production …

During the last decades aquaculture has been one of the world's fastest growing food
production technologies. This is primarily due to increased control over the production …

Since the Blue Revolution began in the late 1960s, global aquaculture production has
grown rapidly. Aquaculture now accounts for over half of the world's fish for direct human …