The Demand for Atlantic Salmon in Canada: A Comment

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
• Main Authors: Lin, Biing‐Hwan, Williams, Nancy A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1985
• Subjects: Economics and Econometrics; Agronomy and Crop Science; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; Global and Planetary Change; Canada; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1985.tb02051.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1744-7976.1985.tb02051.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1985.tb02051.x

Due to the successful development of Norwegian salmon farming, major salmon producing countries (such as Canada, the United States, Japan, Chile, Scotland, etc.) have actively attempted to duplicate this practice. This recent development has far reaching implications for the salmon industry. Therefore, a demand analysis of Atlantic salmon products is timely. While we applaud the work by Kabir and Ridler (hereafter, KR), we would like to comment on the specification of their econometric model and elaborate on the implications of KR's findings on fishery management.