• Brands, Labels, and Product Longevity: The Case of Salmon in UK Grocery Retailing 

      Asche, Frank; Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Zhang, Dengjun; Cojocaru, Andreea-Laura; Young, James A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)
      In recent years, the number of ecolabels and country-of-origin labels has grown substantially in seafood markets globally. This makes it more difficult for retailers and producers to communicate and demonstrate their ...
    • Certify or not? The effect of the MSC certification on the ex-vessel prices for Atlantic cod in Norway 

      Bronnmann, Julia; Asche, Frank; Pettersen, Ingrid Kristine; Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)
      There is strong evidence that ecolabeled seafood commands a price premium in the retail market in Northern European countries. At the same time, there is significant uncertainty as to whether these markups are passed on ...
    • 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 ...
    • Delivering the Goods: The Determinants of Norwegian Seafood Exports 

      Straume, Hans-Martin; Anderson, James L.; Asche, Frank; Gaasland, Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)
      Seafood is the world’s most traded food product. In recent years, aquaculture has become an increasingly important part of seafood production, facilitating increased trade. However, despite evidence that fish farmers have ...
    • Eco-labels and product longevity: The case of whitefish in UK grocery retailing 

      Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Asche, Frank; Zhang, Dengjun; Young, James A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)
      In recent years, eco-labeling has become an increasingly used tool to signal sustainable sourcing of (sea-) food. While the literature has focused on price premiums associated with the labels, it is noted in this paper ...
    • Eco-labels and product longevity: The case of whitefish in UK grocery retailing 

      Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Asche, Frank; Zhang, Dengjun; Young, James A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)
      In recent years, eco-labeling has become an increasingly used tool to signal sustainable sourcing of (sea-) food. While the literature has focused on price premiums associated with the labels, it is noted in this paper ...
    • Efficiency in Chinese large yellow croaker aquaculture: Implication for sustainable aquaculture in China 

      Liu, Yiyang; Tveteraas, Sigbjørn Landazuri; Xie, Jinghua (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)
      Aquaculture supply from China has been a remedy to meet the growing global demand for seafood in the last decades. However, output growth has decreased dramatically in China in the 2000s. Previous literature focuses on the ...
    • 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 ...
    • Evaluering av auksjonsplikten for fryst torsk og sei. Delrapport 1 

      Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Bendiksen, Bjørn Inge; Nyrud, Thomas; Zhang, Dengjun (Nofima rapportserie;, Research report, 2023)
      Denne rapporten gir en «løypemelding» halvveis i evalueringsprosjektet og er basert på data for hele 2022. Etter ønske fra næringen har FHF forlenget prosjektet med ett år slik at hele 2023 også vil bli inkludert i den ...
    • Fishing methods for Atlantic cod and haddock: Quality and price versus costs 

      Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Zhang, Dengjun; Dreyer, Bent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)
      This study explores trade-offs between fish quality, fishing efficiency, costs and profitability across three different vessel groups in the Norwegian groundfish fishery, that is, vessels fishing with bottom trawls, longlines ...
    • Food Sources and Expenditures for Seafood in the United States 

      Love, David C.; Asche, Frank; Conrad, Zach; Young, Ruth; Harding, Jamie; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth M.; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L.; Neff, Roni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06)
      The aim of this study was to explore United States (U.S.) seafood consumption patterns, food sourcing, expenditures, and geography of consumption. We analyzed seafood intake and food sourcing using the National Health and ...
    • Import demand under price and exchange-rate uncertainties: The case of U.S. Atlantic salmon imports 

      Zhang, Dengjun; Fang, Yingkai; Liu, Yiyang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05)
      This study investigates the impacts of price and exchange rate volatilities on Atlantic salmon imports in the U.S. market. We first derive an extended Rotterdam demand model, revealing how risk factors affect import demand ...
    • “It gives me peace of mind”. A new perspective on the identification of quality cues on salmon fillet products in Japan and the USA 

      Altintzoglou, Themistoklis; Cordeiro, Cheryl Marie; Honkanen, Pirjo; Onozaka, Yuko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)
      The way in which perceived quality affects consumer food choice is complex due to variations in intrinsic and extrinsic product attributes that interface with personal factors and the socio-cultural context. Taking the ...
    • Large-scale fisheries during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of the oceangoing groundfish fleet in Norway 

      Asche, Frank; Sogn-Grundvåg, Geir; Zhang, Dengjun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10)
      Small-scale fisheries have received most of the attention in the literature investigating negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on seafood production. Larger fishing vessels are often perceived to be more resilient as ...
    • Market incentives for shark fisheries 

      Pincinato, Ruth Beatriz; Gasalla, Maria A.; Garlock, Taryn; Anderson, James L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05)
      Fishers tend to prioritize landings of the most valuable product to better utilize vessel capacity. This may lead to discards of catches that are economically undesirable or legally prohibited. The high-value of shark fins ...
    • Measuring motivations for choosing ecolabeled seafood: Environmental concerns and warm glow 

      Bronnmann, Julia; Stöven, Max Thilo; Quaas, Martin; Asche, Frank (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)
      Ecolabels are supposed to reduce the information asymmetry between producers and consumers, but they may also produce a warm glow of “green” behavior. We design discrete choice experiments to measure the relative importance ...
    • Nutrition and origin of United States chain restaurant seafood 

      Love, David; Turvey, Catherine; Harding, Jamie; Young, Ruth; Ramsig, Rebecca; Thlusty, Michael; Fry, Jillian; Nguyen, Ly; Asche, Frank; Nussbaumer, Elizabeth; Thorne-Lyman, Andrew; Bloem, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)
      Background Seafood has a nutritional profile that can be beneficial to human health, which gives it a role to play in healthy diets. In addition, because its production and harvesting can have fewer environmental impacts ...
    • The one-health approach in seaweed food production 

      Bizzaro, Gianluca; Pampanin, Daniela Maria; Vatland, Ann Kristin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01)
      Seaweeds are rich in macronutrients, micronutrients, and bioactive components and have great potential as sustainable resources in terms of both production and consumption of a desirable food. Still, the seaweed aquaculture ...
    • Perish or prosper: Trade patterns for highly perishable seafood products 

      Asche, Frank; Straume, Hans-Martin; Vårdal, Erling (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)
      In recent years trade with highly perishable agricultural products like fresh fish, berries, and cut flowers has increased substantially. The perishability of these products appears to challenge conventional wisdom when ...
    • Pricing efficiency across destination markets for Norwegian salmon exports 

      Øglend, Atle; Straume, Hans-Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02)
      This paper investigates how pricing efficiency of Norwegian salmon exports varies across destination market characteristics. Efficiency is defined as the rate at which individual transaction prices adjust to common market ...