Master's Thesis in Fisheries and Aquaculture Management and Economics : Recent submissions
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The role of attitude, preference conflict, norms, and family identity in explaining intention/behavior toward fish consumption in Vietnamese families
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-16)The main objective of the thesis is to explore and test the roles of attitude, preference conflict, norms and family identity in explaining intention/behavior toward fish consumption in Vietnamese families. This study utilizes a theoretical framework based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, but more focused on some other variables (ambivalence, family conflict and identity) in an extended model. The ... -
Possible economic impact on coastal fish stock resources in Bangladesh in the case of climate change
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-06-08)The Bay of Bengal fishery in Bangladesh is the most important and the predominant fishery in the country. Effort data from 1985-1986 to 2007-2008 is standardised to a standard year 2007-2008 (fish trawler) vessel and standardised effort has together with catch data been used to calculate the parameter values for the Gordon-Schafer surplus production model. The parameterised models are used to estimate ... -
Effect of financial and environmental variables on the production efficiency of white leg shrimp farms in Khan Hoa province, Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-17)Since 1997, development of white leg shrimp farming in Vietnam has attracted considerable attention due to its high export potential. Therefore, it is now necessary to assess the annual efficiency performance of white leg shrimp farms in order to improve Vietnam’s aquaculture policy. This paper based on a character sample of 61 white leg shrimp farmers in Khanh Hoa province, representing about 13.2% ... -
A study on the economic efficiency of the offshore long line fishery in Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-17)Since the 1990s, Vietnam’s government has made great efforts to develop the offshore fisheries development program. Study on the economic efficiency of the offshore long-line fishery is needed to evaluate and improve the program’s effectiveness. This thesis presents findings based on survey data collected through a representative sample of 37 registered offshore vessels operating in the Vietnam’s ... -
The stakeholder view with Guanxi: a case study of managers in chinese aquatic product industry
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)Guanxi, in China, is viewed as a cultural concept, which originates from Confucianism. This thesis applies a stakeholder-based view (SHV) of strategic management to a special Guanxi setting of China in order to contextualize the theory to be applied in Chinese settings. In exploring the experiences of developing Guanxi with critical stakeholders in the course of corporate operations within the three ... -
Bioeconomic study of a two agent fishery with consideration on the valuation of goods and services by cold-water corals
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-09-15)This thesis makes four contributions on the economic analysis of fisheries in cold-water corals contained waters. -
Consumer’s attitude and consumption of fish in Dhaka city: influence of perceived risk, trust and knowledge
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-06-10)Fish is the main source of animal protein in Bangladesh. However, no previous studies I am aware of has analyzed or explored consumption and attitude toward fish in Bangladesh. In accordance with several studies in the area of food consumption behavior, this study use the Theory of Planed Behavior (TPB - Ajzen, 1991) a conceptual framework to explore the consumers attitude and consumption of fish ... -
Economic performance of the gill netter fleets in the central area of Vietnam’s offshore fisheries
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)The initial results of this study demonstrated that the offshore gillnets fleets in the Central of Vietnam can get high economic efficiency, an offshore gillnet vessel make a margin profit of 10%, the annual income of vessel can reach 51% of gross revenue. The average annual income of a fishing man is much higher than the average personal income on the national scale, corresponding to 156% in 2007. ... -
Poverty measurement : an application for small-scale fisheries in Bich Dam island, Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)Small-scale fisheries are one of the key sectors in Vietnam economy. This has been explained by its noticeable contribution to GDP, sizable share in the total export value in addition to the significant role in employment generation and food security. Contrary to the promising signs of sectorial performance, most of fishermen are considered the poorest of the poor and poverty is dominantly characteristic ... -
Economic value of coral reef and management effectiveness in Trao Reef locally managed marine reserve
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-06-12)Trao Reef Locally Managed Marine Reserve was established in 2001 to protect coral reef being under threat because of human activities. However, the economic value of coral reef represents an important sight to help local people and resource managers in using and managing the resource effectively in the marine reserve has not been seen. By using financial analysis to calculate producer surplus of ... -
Impact of financial variables on the production efficiency of Pangasius farms in An Giang province, Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)This research provides the first analysis of the relationship between farm financial exposure and technical efficiency in the Pangasius farming in An Giang province, in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. A nonparametric DEA approach has been applied to estimate technical and scale efficiency scores of 61 Pangasius farms in An Giang province in the year 2008. The mean technical efficiencies under assumption ... -
Technical efficiency analysis for commercial Black Tiger Prawn (Penaeus monodon) aquaculture farms in Nha Trang city, Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)This study has used minimizing input-oriented CRS DEA model with two output and five input variables which use theory of technical efficiency. It mainly has used Nha Trang‘s data (64 samples) to analysis, data from other areas in Khanh Hoa province (33 samples in Ninh Hoa district, 33 samples in Van Ninh district, and 36 samples in Cam Ranh district) only use to compare to Nha Trang to find the worst ... -
Coping vulnerabiblity : assess the strategies with special reference to idiosyncratic shocks in the small-scale fishery in southern Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)Vulnerability leads to poverty; poverty leads to vulnerability, a controversial two concepts without an end nor a start. From recent past, poverty has been addressed in terms of vulnerability. There, the possible ways to be vulnerable is stressed to investigate. Risks, shocks, and uncertainty have been identified as the profound sources of vulnerability so as to poverty. In fact, the study was ... -
The attitudes and perceptions of resource users and managers towards the Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area management, Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-22)Attitudes of local people and managers have become the emerging topic in marine protected areas management. Understanding about it is expected to contribute to the implement and the compliance of fishermen and managers after seven years of the Nha Trang Bay marine protected are foundation. This study aims to evaluate attitudes and perceptions of fishermen and managers towards MPA management; and to ... -
The effect of perceived risk on attitudes, intention and consumption of fish in Hanoi.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05)This study is one of the first attempts to investigate the attendances and consequences of perceived risk toward consumption fish in Hanoi, Vietnam. The study applies theory of planed behavior and theory of perceived risk for its conceptual framework. The study has three objectives. The first objective is to investigate the consequences of risk on attitude and intention to consumption of fish in ... -
Economic performance indicators for coastal fisheries : the case of purse-seining in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)A field study on the economic performance indicators for coastal fisheries are needed in order to implement fisheries policy in Khanh Hoa as well as in Vietnam. The research project “Economic performance indicators for coastal fisheries - the case of pure-seining in Khanh Hoa” established to fulfill these demands. A questionnaire about technical characteristics and economic data is used for data ... -
Economic analysis of the environmental impact on marine cage lobster aquaculture in Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)In Vietnam, marine cage lobster aquaculture has been expanding significantly over the last years. Besides the economic contribution for locals living in the coastal areas in Central of Vietnam, this industry has created some problems that are relating to the marine environmental protection where trash fish feed is predominant. This paper investigates the environmental impact on cage marine lobster ... -
Economic analysis of rural and artisanal aquaculture in Ecuador
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)Three different types of culture and conditions were tested to determine the profitability of Rural and Artisanal Aquaculture Project in Ecuador: monoculture of the freshwater fish named locally cachama (Piaractus brachypomus), monoculture of red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) and polyculture tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) – cachama (Piaractus brachypomus). The economic models used for this ... -
The role of perceived quality, ambivalence and health involvement as a basis for clustering : a study of fish consumption in Vietnam
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-06-15)The purpose of this study was to examine the applicability of benefits sought – based segmentation for fish market in Vietnam. A convenient sample of 809 Vietnamese households was provided to answer the questionnaires, including the questions about attitudes towards fish consumption. Cluster analysis was used to identify three distinctive consumer segments based on evaluation of quality, ambivalence ... -
Social capital as a way out of poverty : the case of small scale marine fishery in Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-24)Simply, Social capital is a concept that explains the extend and nature of relationships people have with (invest on) others – relatives, family friends, neighborers in own community members and members of other communities, or networks, relationships with various services, institutions and systems. As in the other types of investments, people expect returns on investments of social capital. Currently, ...