Although the majority of people consider fish and seafood an important part of a healthy and balanced diet, the consumption of this food category in Norway and Russia is still below the recommended level, especially in younger age groups. This thesis discusses results of an online survey of young fish consumers in Norway and Russia, which focused on existing barriers to consumption of fish and ...

The consumption of catfish in Vietnam has not grown enough to match their increased production. The objective of this study is to explore the factors that influence the decision process of catfish consumers in Vietnam. The findings provide information for the Vietnamese catfish industry to better attract more domestic consumers to eat catfish. This study seeks to address its objective by examining ...

When conducting social research in the four communities located in North-East Venezuela, it was understood through the course of communication that there was a very important issue affecting, in one way or another, the development of the sardine fishery: Governance. New formal fisheries institutions have been established since 1999 related with the election of the president Hugo Chavez in 1998. When ...

The preconditions for Norwegians to consume seafood might be the best in the world, still, Norwegians do not consume as much seafood as recommended and the consumption has been decreasing steadily over time. Reports by the Norwegian seafood council show Norwegians wish to consume more seafood, despite that, seafood does not end up in their shopping baskets. Previous studies have looked into how ...

Women play crucial roles in fisheries, particularly on the post harvest level. Despite this, they are noticeably absent from the discussion of many development programmes in fisheries. The focus is mainly on the needs and interests of men, neglecting women. Women are hardly involved in the planning and decision making or in the implementation and management of the projects. Therefore this study ...

In teleost fish, gill plays an important role of controlling ion transport mechanisms for the maintenance of ion- and osmoregulatory homeostasis in both fresh water and seawater. Leptin mRNA expression has been found in several fish species, and was also found in gills of Arctic charr (Salvelius alpinus) in this study. However, no study has been reported on the function of leptin in the gills of ...

Shrimp world production in the last few years has shown very high growth rates. It is marked by an increasing of production volume, and by shifting from capture to aquaculture fisheries within the production system. This has occurred mostly regarding to the brackish water pond. For some years, the government has had to face hard choices in order to ensure shrimp aquaculture developed sustainable. ...

Macroalgae can benefit society in a variety of ways, and there is a lot of potential for cultivation of macroalgae in Norway. A sustainable development of this industry is needed to make use of these benefits, today and in the future. Hence, it is asked which opportunities and barriers exist in developing the industry and how the barriers are affecting this development. Inspired by a Grounded Theory ...

One of the main aims in fisheries management is to obtain sustainable fisheries and reduce the waste and losses. Many fish species lives together in many fishing grounds. Fisheries of target species will thus include other species as bycatch. This thesis analyses potential market oriented solutions to solve the problem through by processing products valuable in the market for those species until now ...