• Bioeconomic study of a two agent fishery with consideration on the valuation of goods and services by cold-water corals 

      Chen, Xianwen (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-09-15)
      This thesis makes four contributions on the economic analysis of fisheries in cold-water corals contained waters.
    • Black tiger shrimp value chain analysis in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam 

      Doan, Van Bay (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-15)
      This research applied value chain analysis to represent activities of participants and their linkages in Black tiger shrimp culture industry in Hoa Binh district, Bac Lieu province, Vietnam. Actors involved in shrimp farming practice from farmers, collectors, wholesalers, feed and veterinary medicine enterprises, processors, to hatcheries, and nurseries were interviewed by separate questionnaires. ...
    • Co-management in Trao Reef marine reserve, Vietnam : a transaction costs approach 

      Nguyen, Thi Hoa Hong (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05)
      Humans are getting more dependent on marine and coastal resources. This has led to increased fishery exploitation and in many cases overexploitation with habitat degradation. This threatens coastal and marine resources all over the world. The current management approaches have failed to control fishing capacity and conflict in sharing fisheries resources due to population growth, poverty and a lack ...
    • Community-based Co-management in Vietnamese fisheries. The case of the Fisheries Associations in Tam Giang-Cau Hai Lagoon 

      Kim Anh, Nguyen Thi (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-15)
      The open access fisheries regime has led to the degradation of marine resources and to conflicts in sharing them and the fishing grounds in Tam Giang Cau Hai lagoon in Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam. In 2003, community-based fisheries management (CBFM), particularly through Fisheries Associations (FA), was introduced and established. As of 2011, there were 62 local FAs. It means that local FAs have played ...
    • Consumer’s attitude and consumption of fish in Dhaka city: influence of perceived risk, trust and knowledge 

      Ahamed, A. F. M. Jalal (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 ...
    • Coping vulnerabiblity : assess the strategies with special reference to idiosyncratic shocks in the small-scale fishery in southern Sri Lanka SRI LANKA 

      Koralagama, Dilanthi Nadeeka (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 ...
    • Economic analysis of rural and artisanal aquaculture in Ecuador 

      Recalde Ruiz, Jose Renato (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 ...
    • Economic analysis of the environmental impact on marine cage lobster aquaculture in Vietnam 

      Ly, Nguyen Thi Y (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 ...
    • The economic efficiency of a trawl fishery in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam 

      Tran, Van Hao (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-15)
      Vietnamese fisheries have long traditional development. They are operating under an open access fisheries regime with small scale, multi-species and multi-fishing gears. The number of fishing vessels, the total engine power and the total yield have been increasing continuously overtime; meanwhile the CPUE (catch per unit effort) have been reducing seriously. Vietnamese fisheries are facing ...
    • Economic performance indicators for coastal fisheries : the case of purse-seining in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. 

      Luong, Nguyen Trong (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 performance of the gill netter fleets in the central area of Vietnam’s offshore fisheries 

      Dien, Mai Van (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. ...
    • Economic value of coral reef and management effectiveness in Trao Reef locally managed marine reserve 

      Do, Hung Nguyen (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 ...
    • Ecosystem based fishery management in Yangtze River Delta basin and fishery management opinions for Jiangxin island of Nanjing 

      Zhang, Xiao (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-06-12)
      In the past ten years, China has developed to be one of the most important countries of fishery production field. Annually Chinese fishery products is increasing . In 2009 the total fishery production is 50.4 million tones.(China statistical reports,2009) As the same rate as the increase economy, the sharply development of fishery production is also remarkable. But there are serious problems ...
    • The effect of exchange rate on shrimp export from Vietnam to the U.S 

      Tran, Thuý Chi (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-06)
      A partial adjustment model of the U.S excess demand for Vietnamese shrimp is constructed to investigate the effect of the real bilateral exchange rate VND/USD on the U.S import of Vietnamese shrimp. Monthly data were collected from 2002:03 to 2011:12 for model development. The study found that the real appreciation of VND against USD has no effects on the U.S import quantity demanded for Vietnamese ...
    • Effect of financial and environmental variables on the production efficiency of white leg shrimp farms in Khan Hoa province, Vietnam 

      Akter, Shamima (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% ...
    • The effect of perceived risk on attitudes, intention and consumption of fish in Hanoi. 

      Linh, Pham Thi Thuy (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 ...
    • Effectiveness evaluation of a marine protected area in Vietnam : the Cu Lao Cham MPA case study 

      Nguyen, Thi Trang Nhung (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-17)
      Planning, implementing and managing MPA not only requires attentions to biological issues which influence the performance of MPA but also to social and economic aspects that can greatly affect the outcome of MPA implementation. This study used data from logbook program over 4 years and face-to-face interview to explore the effectiveness of Cu Lao Cham MPA which is one of 4 MPAs in Vietnam through ...
    • Evaluating the effectiveness of co-management in Nui Chua National Park Marine Protected Area, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam 

      Vu, Thi Thu Nga (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-22)
      Although Nui Chua National Park MPA is considered as an effective MPA of Vietnam, especially in the involvement of community in management process, an overall assessment of biodiversity, socioeconomic and governance could help managers continue developing the advantages and overcome mistakes. By using relevant indicators, this study stated that abundance of species is somewhat increased, the ...
    • Explaining fish consumption in Sri-Lanka: The role of consideration set size, attitude, knowledge, convenience orientation, price consciousness, and variety seeking tendency 

      Pethiyagoda, Niyomi Ayesha (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-16)
      The primary purpose of this study to understand how the consideration set size affect for consumption frequency of fish in Sri-Lanka. Consideration set size of fish is considered to be affected by consumer attitude, convenience orientation, and consumer knowledge in Sri-Lankan context. Thus, the second objective was to investigate how consumer attitude, knowledge, convenience orientation, variety ...
    • Explaining tourists satisfaction and intention to revisit Nha Trang, Viet Nam 

      Tran, Thi Ai Cam (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-15)
      The first purpose of the thesis is to find how visitors evaluate the quality of different facets or attributes of a destination image of Nha Trang, how satisfied they are with Nha Trang, loyalty intention to revisit and willingness to recommend Nha Trang to others. The second is to investigate what “image” is most important to explain global satisfaction with visiting Nha Trang. The third is to ...