• Affordability influences nutritional quality of seafood consumption among income and race/ethnicity groups in the United States 

      Love, David C.; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L.; Conrad, Zach; Gephart, Jessica A.; Asche, Frank; Godo-Solo, Dakoury; McDowell, Acree; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Bloem, Martin W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background The 2020 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that the US population consume more seafood. Most analyses of seafood consumption ignore heterogeneity in consumption patterns by species, nutritional ...
    • Aquaculture policy: Designing licenses for environmental regulation 

      Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Olsen, Marit Schei; Gauteplass, Asle; Asche, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Public regulation of a successful industry such as aquaculture needs to consider different concerns such as industry growth and development, but also environmental and societal sustainability. Governance systems are ...
    • Challenges and opportunities: impacts of COVID-19 on Norwegian seafood exports 

      Asche, Frank; Straume, Hans-Martin; Garlock, Taryn M.; Johansen, Ulf; Kvamsdal, Sturla Furunes; Nygård, Rune; Pincinato, Ruth Beatriz; Tveterås, Ragnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A rapidly growing literature shows that COVID-19 and the measures to contain the spread of the virus can have significant market impacts for seafood. These can be interruptions of production, or reductions in demand directly ...
    • Climate change and small pelagic fish price volatility 

      Pincinato, Ruth Beatriz; Asche, Frank; Oglend, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Price volatility, an indicative measure of price uncertainty, is an important factor influencing fisheries cost, income, food security, and pressure on fish stocks. An increase in price volatility means that prices are ...
    • Cod stories: Trade dynamics and duration for Norwegian cod exports 

      Asche, Frank; Cojocaru, Andreea-Laura; Gaasland, Ivar; Straume, Hans-Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12)
      In recent years, trade dynamics have been receiving increased attention, and the general literature indicates that commodities are different. In this paper, the duration of trade relationships for Norwegian export firms ...
    • The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities 

      Avdelas, Lamprakis; Avdic-Mravlje, Edo; Borges Marques, Ana Cristina; Cano, Suzana; Capelle, Jacob J.; Carvalho, Natacha; Cozzolino, Maria; Dennis, John; Ellis, Tim; Fernández Polanco, José M.; Guillen, Jordi; Lasner, Tobias; Le Bihan, Véronique; Llorente, Ignacio; Mol, Arie; Nicheva, Simona; Nielsen, Rasmus; van Oostenbrugge, Hans; Villasante, Sebastian; Visnic, Svjetlana; Zhelev, Kolyo; Asche, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)
      In contrast to the increasing aquaculture production of mussels worldwide, production in the European Union (EU) has shown a decreasing trend over the last two decades. Aquaculture production of mussels in the EU peaked ...
    • The development of large scale aquaculture production: A comparison of the supply chains for chicken and salmon 

      Asche, Frank; Cojocaru, Andreea-Laura; Roth, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08)
      The supply chain for salmon is, in many respects, the world's most efficient seafood supply chain. Adopting new technologies and expanding the scale of production have improved competitiveness leading to increased production ...
    • Dynamics of Buyer-Seller Relations in Norwegian Wine Imports 

      Landazuri-Tveteraas, Ursula; Straume, Hans-Martin; Asche, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      As for all traded products, aggregated wine imports build on numerous trades at the firm level. To ensure consumers access to a variety of wines with different qualities, importers need to connect to different wine exporters. ...
    • Eco-Labeling and Retailer Pricing Strategies: The U.K. Haddock Market 

      Zhang, Dengjun; Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Asche, Frank; Young, James A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05)
      In attempts to differentiate their store imagery, grocery retailers frequently introduce new products, which are often rich in extrinsic attributes such as claims regarding healthiness and environmental sustainability. ...
    • The economic impact of decreased mortality and increased growth associated with preventing, replacing or improving current methods for delousing farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway 

      Walde, Cecilie Sviland; Jensen, Britt Bang; Stormoen, Marit; Asche, Frank; Misund, Bård; Pettersen, Jostein Mulder (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Impacts of salmon lice is a major concern for a sustainable production of farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway. Most treatment methods for removal of salmon lice have associated increased mortality and decreased growth in a ...
    • Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system 

      Love, David C.; Allison, Edward H.; Belton, Ben; Asche, Frank; Cottrell, Richard S.; Froehlich, Halley E.; Gephart, Jessica A.; Hicks, Christina C.; Little, David C.; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Pinto da Silva, Patricia; Poulain, Florence; Rubio, Angel; Stoll, Joshua S.; Tlusty, Michael F.; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L.; Troell, Max; Zhang, Wenbo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)
      The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns are creating health and economic crises that threaten food and nutrition security. The seafood sector provides important sources of nutrition and employment, especially in ...
    • European market integration for gas 

      Asche, Frank; Osmundsen, Petter; Tveterås, Ragnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2002-05)
      Long-term take-or-pay contracts regulating gas exports to the Continent are described and analyzed. We thereafter examine whether the German gas market is integrated. Time series of Norwegian, Dutch and Russian gas export ...
    • Factors influencing production loss in salmonid farming 

      Pincinato, Ruth Beatriz; Asche, Frank; Bleie, Hogne; Skrudland, Aud; Stormoen, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)
      Using a unique dataset, this paper investigates factors influencing production loss in Norwegian salmonid farming. The factors can be grouped into fish-specific factors (e.g. species, genetics, and generation), input factors ...
    • Fish Pool priser - Hva forteller de oss fremtidige laksepriser? 

      Asche, Frank; Misund, Bård; Øglend, Atle (Journal article, 2016)
      I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi hva FishPools futurespriser sier om fremtidige laksepriser. En forutsetning for at en futureskontrakt skal gi en god sikring er at futuresprisen er et godt estimat på fremtidig spotpris. ...
    • Global markets and the commons: The role of imports in the US wild-caught shrimp market 

      Asche, Frank; Oglend, Atle; Smith, Martin D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The commons literature focuses heavily on rules and the behavior of resource users but places less emphasis on the returns to individual effort. However, for most resource settings, market conditions and associated resource ...
    • Hesitant reforms: The Norwegian approach towards ITQ's 

      Standal, Dag; Asche, Frank (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)
      Abstract In Norway, the rationale for fleet adaptations has been subject to different interpretations and policies. While coastal settlement, a surplus fishing capacity and a negative resource rent were dominant adaptations ...
    • Identifying Opportunities for Aligning Production and Consumption in the U.S. Fisheries by Considering Seasonality 

      Love, David C.; Asche, Frank; Gephart, Jessica A.; Zhu, Jiafeng; Garlock, Taryn; Stoll, Joshua S.; Anderson, James; Conrad, Zach; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L.; Bloem, Martin W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Seasonality is a natural feature of wild caught fisheries that introduces variation in food supply, and which often is amplified by fisheries management systems. Seasonal timing of landings patterns and linkages to consumption ...
    • Impacts of Covid-19 on Norwegian Salmon exports: A firm-level analysis 

      Straume, Hans-Martin; Asche, Frank; Oglend, Atle; Abrahamsen, Eirik Bjorheim; Birkenbach, Anna M.; Langguth, Johannes; Lanquepin, Guillaume; Roll, Kristin Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-02)
      A rapidly growing literature investigates how the recent Covid-19 pandemic has affected international seafood trade along multiple dimensions, creating opportunities as well as challenges. This suggests that many of the ...
    • Impacts of COVID-19 on U.S. Seafood Availability 

      Anderson, James L.; Asche, Frank; Garlock, Taryn; Hegde, Shraddha; Ropicki, Andrew; Straume, Hans-Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Seafood is the food group with the highest share traded, and the U.S. is the world’s largest seafood importer, importing 79% of the seafood consumed. Hence, a study examining the impacts of the measures to contain COVID-19 ...
    • Intermediaries in Norwegian salmon exports 

      Straume, Hans-Martin; Asche, Frank; Øglend, Atle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Production of a number of important aquaculture species is highly export oriented, and intermediaries play an important role in the supply chains facilitating the trade. This paper examines the role of intermediaries (e.g. ...