Marketing and Economics

Literature

• Marketing in the Hybrid Striped Bass Industry Kandice H. Kahl. Aquaculture Magazine. October 1997. pp. 27-42.

• Striped Bass Offer Profit Potential for Fish Farmers James D. Martin. Feedstuffs. April 2002. (Found on the NC State University News Clips for May 10, 2002 website).

Department of Agriculture Publications

• Aquaculture in North Carolina - Hybrid Striped Bass Inputs, Outputs and Economics. North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. June 2001

• Hybrid Striped Bass Economic Spreadsheet-available through the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services-Aquaculture Division.

Extension Publications

• Management Considerations of Fish Production in Cages Andrew M. Lazur. Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Bulletin FA-36. 2000.
  
• Marketing Options for Small Aquaculture Producers    David J.Cline, Extension Aquaculturist, Auburn University. Alabama Cooperative Extension System. ANR-962.1996. 

• Producing Fish and Shellfish in Dredged Material Containment Areas Jurij Homziak, Extension Marine Resources Specialist and C. David Veal,  Head, Coastal Research and Extension Center. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Program Publication No. MASGP 011.

Journals/Abstracts/Presentations

• D'Abramo, L. R., Ohs, C. L., Hanson, T. R., and Taylor, J. B. 2002. Production and economic analysis of two-phase and three-phase culture of sunshine bass in earthen ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture. Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 103–112.

• Engle, C.R. 1999. Teaching Aquaculture Economics and Marketing. World Aquaculture 30(2):17-19.
  
• Libey, G.S.  1998. Economics of hybrid striped bass production in recirculating aquaculture systems. World Aquaculture Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. Mar. 1998.

• Brazil, B.L., Libey, G., Coale, C.W., and Boston, H.L. 1997. Economic analysis of production of hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) in ozonated and nonozonated pilot-scale recirculating aquaculture systems. Annual Meeting World Aquaculture Society. Catfish Genetics Research Unit.

• Kahl, K.H. 1997. Marketing in the hybrid striped bass industry. Aquaculture Magazine 23(5): 27-42.

• Baya, A.M.,  Navarro,R.B., and Kotopoulis, E. 1996. Streptococcal infections of hybrid striped bass and tilapia. Virginia Tech Conference on “Successes and Failures in Commercial Recirculating Aquaculture”. Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, July 1996.

• Ewart, J.W. 1996. Live shipping of aquatic products in the northeastern region: An overview.

• Nedoluha, P.C. and Westhoff, D. 1993. Microbiological flora of aquacultured hybrid striped bass. Journal of Food Protection 56: 1054-1060.

• Gempesaw, C.M., F.F. Wirth and Bacon, J.R. 1992. A financial analysis of integration in aquaculture production - the case of hybrid striped bass. Aquaculture 104: 193-216.

• Gempesaw, C.M., F.F. Wirth and Bacon, J.R. 1992.  Economies of pond size for hybrid striped bass growout. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society Vol 23, No.1, 38-48

• Halbrendt, C., Bacon, J.R. and Pesek, J. 1992. Weighted least squares analysis for conjoint studies: The case of hybrid striped bass. Agribusiness Vol. 8 (2), 187-198.

• Weirich, C.R., Tomasso, J.R. and Smith, T.I.J.  1992. Confinement and transport-induced stress in white bass (Morone chrysops) x striped bass (Morone saxatilis) hybrids: effect of calcium and salinity. Journal of. World Aquaculture Society 23:49-57.

• Gempesaw, C.M. 1991. The economics of integration versus specialization the case of hybrid striped bass pond culture. Newark, DE: University of Delaware, College of Agricultural Sciences, Dept of Food and Resource Economics, viii, 85 p. 28 cm. (Bulletin 492(University of Delaware. Agricultural Experiment Station)) June 1991.   (USDA National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Blvd. Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351.). NAL Call No.: 100 D37S (1) no. 492.

• Halbrendt, C.K., Bacon, J.R., and Wirth, F.F. Preferences of Mid-Atlantic seafood buyers toward farm-raised hybrid striped bass. Beltsville, MD., Food Distribution Research Society; 1991 Jun. Journal of Food Distribution Research Vol. 22 (2): p. 35-48; 1991 Jun. (USDA National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Blvd. Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351.) NAL Call No. HD90000.A1J68.

• Halbrendt, C.K., Wirth, E.F., and Vaughn, G.F. 1991. Conjoint analysis of the Mid-Atlantic food-fish market for farm-raised hybrid striped bass. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics July, 155-163.

• Losordo, T.M., Easley, J.E., and Westerman, P.W. The preliminary results of a feasibility study of fish production in recirculating aquaculture systems. St. Joseph, Mich.: The Society; 1989. Paper - American Society of Agricultural Engineers (8907557): 17p.; 1989. Paper presented at the "1989 International Winter Meeting sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers," December 12-15, 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana. (USDA National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Blvd. Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351.) NAL Call No. 290.9 AM32P.

• Liao, D.S. 1985. The economic and market potential for hybrid bass aquaculture in estuarine waters: a preliminary evaluation. Journal of the World Mariculture Society Vol.16: 151.

Regional Aquaculture Centers Publications

• NRAC #140 Processing and Marketing Aquacultured Fish.  Joe M. Regenstein, 1992.Cornell University.

• NRAC #150 Business Planning For Aquaculture Is It Feasible? Dan B. Strombom, Stewart M. Tweed. 1992.

• SCAR # 3000-Hybrid Striped Bass Production in Ponds: Enterprise Budget. Rebecca Dunning, Harry Daniels. 2001.
• SCAR # 393 - Transportation of Warmwater Fish Loading Rates and Tips by Species. Gary L. Jensen. 1990.

Sea Grant Program Publications

• Farming a new fish: hybrid striped bass.
  NSGL#: NCU-H-95-001
  Author: Hodson Ronald G.; Hart Kathy (editor) 1995.

• Analyzing the profitability of hybrid striped bass cage culture.
  NSGL#: ILIN-G-93-002
  Author: Riepe Jean Rosscup, Swann LaDon, Brown Paul B. 1993.

• Making wise choices when direct marketing your aquaculture products.
  IL-IN-SG-FS-91-2
  Author: LaDon Swann, 1991.

• Figuring production costs of finfish aquaculture.
  UM-SG-MAP-90-02 Maryland Sea Grant Fact Sheet #4.
  Author: Lipton, D., Harrell. R.1990.

• Proceedings of the midwest regional cage fish culture workshop
  NSGL#: ILIN-W-90-001 .
  Author: Swann D. L. (editor); Brown P. B. (editor) 1990.

• Understanding fish pricing:  From production to the table.
  UM-SG-MAP-90-01
  Author: Douglas Lipton.1990.

• Investment and production costs for the hybrid striped bass x white bass in North Carolina.
  NSGL#: NCU-T-88-003 .
  Author: Brown John W., Easley J. E. Jr., Hodson Ronald G.1988.

• Processing and marketing. In Hybrid Striped Bass Culture: Status and Perspective.
  UNC-SG-87-03
  Editors: Hodson, R., T. Smith, J. McVey, R. Harrell and N. Davis,
  UNC Sea Grant Publication , North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 73.
  Authors: Carlberg, J.M.,  J.C. Van Olst. 1987 .

• Economic research: the striped bass-white bass hybrid. In Hybrid Striped Bass Culture: Status and Perspective.
  UNC-SG-87-03
  Editors: Hodson, R., T. Smith, J. McVey, R. Harrell and N. Davis.
  UNC Sea Grant Publication , North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 83.
  Author: Easley, J.E. 1987.

• Marketing striped bass. In The Aquaculture of Striped Bass
  UM-SG-MAP-84-01
  Editor:  J. McCraren.
  Maryland Sea Grant Program.
  Author: Swartz, D. 1984. pp. 233-254.

USDA Publications

• A Guide to Exporting Fishery Products. Agricultural Handbook, Forest and Fishery Products Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.  AH-725. January 2002

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