The economics of salmon aquaculture [[electronic resource] /] / Frank Asche, Trond Bjørndal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830959303321
• Autore: Asche Frank
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Ames, Iowa : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-40549-0; 1-119-99338-5; 9786613405494; 1-119-99336-9; 1-119-99337-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 recurso en liña (232 páxinas)
• Collana: Fishing News Books ; ; v.10
• Soggetti: Salmóns - cría; Acuicultura - Aspectos económicos; Libros electrónicos
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Halftitle page""; ""Dedication""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""Chapter 2: The Production Process in Aquaculture""; ""2.1 Salmon production""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 3: The Supply of Salmon""; ""3.1 Farmed salmon production""; ""3.2 Wild salmon production""; ""3.3 Regulation of salmon aquaculture""; ""3.4 The growth of large multinational companies""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 4: Productivity Growth and Technological Change""; ""4.1 Declining costs""; ""4.2 Scale""; ""4.3 Structure of production costs""; ""4.4 Smolt production""""4.5 Improved feed quality""; ""4.6 Diseases and increased survival rates""; ""4.7 Breeding""; ""4.8 Cycles in profitability""; ""4.9 Catching up: regional differences""; ""4.10 Productivity development in Norway relative to other producers""; ""4.11 Cost reductions in the supply chain""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 5: Environmental Issues""; ""5.1 The fish meal trap""; ""5.2 Local issues""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 6: Markets for Salmon""; ""6.1 The European Union markets""; ""6.2 The Japanese salmon market""; ""6.3 ; The United States salmon market""; ""6.4 The Russian market""""6.5 Price development""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 7: Competitiveness and Market Structure""; ""7.1 What is a market?""; ""7.2 The salmon market""; ""7.3 The size of the market""; ""7.4 Salmon marketing""; ""Appendix: a market model""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 8: Lessons for Other Farmed Species""; ""8.1 Other farmed species""; ""8.2 Lessons from other farmed species""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 9: Optimal Harvesting of Farmed Fish""; ""9.1 A biological model""; ""9.2 Bioeconomic analysis""; ""9.3 The rotation problem""; ""Appendix: optimal harvesting of farmed fish""""The rotation problem""; ""Optimal harvesting: examples""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 10: Production Planning in a Salmon Farm""; ""10.1 Cash flow analysis""; ""10.2 Smolt release and biomass growth""; ""10.3 Sales revenue""; ""10.4 Feeding costs""; ""10.5 Net present value""; ""10.6 Selective harvesting""; ""Chapter 11: Investment in a Salmon Farm""; ""11.1 A production plan""; ""11.2 A liquidity budget""; ""11.3 Cost of production""; ""11.4 Investing in a new aquaculture company""; ""11.5 Licence value""; ""11.6 Buying a fish farming company""""References""; ""Index""