Journal #J-08/2001
Patterns in the Relative Price for Different Sizes of Farmed Fish
Frank Asche(1) & Atle Guttormsen
Department of Economics & Social Sciences Agricultural University of Norway PO Box 5033, N-1432 Ås, Norway http://www.nlh.no/ior/ e-mail: atle.guttormsen@ior.nlh.no

(1) Frank Asche, Centre of Fishery Economics, Norwegian School of Business Administration and Stavanger University College,
e-mail: frank.asche@tn.his.no

Asche, F. & A. Guttormsen (2001): "Patterns in the Relative Price for Different Sizes of Farmed Fish ?", Marine Resource Economics , 16(3).

Abstract:
Fish farming is a biological production process dependent upon biological and environmental conditions. These constraints imp y that different fish farmers are likely to have a similar distribution of different sizes of fish over time. If there are no perfect substitutes for the different sizes of fish in the short-run, this production cycle can cause different relative price between the different sizes over the year. By studying prices for different sizes of salmon for the period 1992-1998 we show that such patterns exist. This can have important implications when studying aquaculture industries and markets.

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