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Marketing of Aquacultured Finfish in Europe: Focus on Seabass and Seabream from the Mediterranean Basin

Year of publication 2006

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 60 p.

Author Monfort, M.C.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title GLOBEFISH Research Programme

Series number Vol. 86

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Species such as seabass, seabream and tilapia have over the last two decades been attracting investors’ attention and thereby augmented the supply of finfish to European markets. Getting access to those markets at the ‘right’ price with the right product is a key factor in the success of any commercial aquaculture project. This edition of the Globefish report describes the current status of these new species on the European market and the major features of marketing aquaculture finfish reared in the Mediterranean basin.

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