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Record Nr.

UNINA9910876987903321

Autore

Engle Carole Ruth <1952->

Titolo

Aquaculture marketing handbook / / Carole R. Engle, Kwamena Quagrainie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub. Professional, c2006

ISBN

1-282-36501-0

9786612365010

0-470-27769-6

0-470-27643-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

QuagrainieKwamena

Disciplina

664/.94/0688

Soggetti

Aquaculture industry

Seafood industry

Aquaculture - Marketing

Seafood - Marketing

Aquaculture industry - United States

Seafood industry - United States

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 (p. 229-243) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Seafood and aquaculture markets -- Demand and supply, basic economic premises -- Aquaculture marketing concepts -- Aquaculture growers and their marketing choices -- Seafood and aquaculture product processing -- Participation and leadership in marketing channels -- Marketing by farmer groups -- Wholesaler marketing -- Market trends -- The international market for seafood and aquaculture products -- Policies and regulations governing aquaculture marketing -- Planning marketing strategies (identifying target markets) -- Marketing research methodologies.

Sommario/riassunto

Markets, marketing, and trade have become ever more important to growing aquaculture industries worldwide. The diversity and idiosyncrasies of the aquaculture and seafood markets call for understanding information that is unique to these markets. Presenting fundamental principles of marketing and economics from a user-



friendly, how-to perspective, the Aquaculture Marketing Handbook will provide the reader with the tools necessary to evaluate and adapt to changing market conditions.  The Aquaculture Marketing Handbook provides the reader with a broad base of informatio