福建省技术交易市场在推动科技人员服务企业中的作用

技术交易市场是科技成果转化的主要渠道,是大量优质项目的汇聚场所,它在科技资源供求双方之间发挥着桥梁和纽带的作用,其主要任务就是将科技成果最大限度地商品化、市场化、产业化,因此,技术交易市场为企业技术和产品的升级换代提供了一个实效的支撑平台。该文以福建技术交易市场为实例,从功能和特征等方面探讨了技术交易市场对科技人员服务企业的影响和作用,提出通过推动福建技术交易市场体系建设,贯彻落实福建省科技人员服务企业行动方案,进而推动福建区域创新体系的构建,促进福建海峡西岸经济区建设发展。     

天然橡胶现货和期货市场比较分析

对天然橡胶现货和期货的销售过程、交易市场、交易所等进行比较,分析了我国天然橡胶现货和期货市场存在的问题并提出改进的方案,总结了国际天然橡胶定价中心成功因素。     

Market and design solutions to the short‐term economic impacts of marine reserves

Well‐managed fisheries support healthy ocean ecosystems, coastal livelihoods and food security for millions of people. However, many communities lack the resources to implement effective fisheries management. No‐take marine reserves are a ubiquitous management intervention that provide conservation benefits and under certain circumstances can provide long‐term fishery benefits as a result of larval and adult emigration from reserve boundaries. But, support for marine reserves by fishery participants is often limited due to short‐term economic impacts resulting from foregone yields. In this study, we examine the timing and magnitude of economic impacts of marine reserves by utilizing a novel metric that discounts future economic benefits of enhanced productivity resulting from reserve protection. We ask under what circumstances long‐term benefits outweigh short‐term impacts of marine reserve implementation. We simulate fisheries for six species commonly caught in coastal environments and show that while conservation benefits accrue rapidly, more than a decade is often required to provide net fisheries benefits, even under circumstances favourable for reserves. We explore a suite of strategies for mitigating these short‐term economic losses, including flexible reserve designs, loans and enhanced ex‐vessel revenues. Results indicate that market‐based incentives show promise to offset short‐term economic losses. Our findings highlight the importance of understanding and communicating likely outcomes from marine reserve implementation and the need to engage supply chain actors to incentivize marine conservation that minimizes impacts to fishermen.     

REMAINING COMPETITIVE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL: DEVELOPING A LOCAL AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY

Aquaculture industry development has been recognized to be an important step in improving a state's economy. However, local producers are facing significant competition from international, national, and other state producers. In this paper, the focus is on competition among local producers. The objective is to examine how interactions among industry participants determine prices and profitability of individual fish growers. The application involves the trout sector of the West Virginia aquaculture industry. Using a game theoretic framework, the Bertrand oligopoly model, and a combination of data from primary and secondary sources, price competition among producers is modeled under different supply and demand scenarios. Factors such as production volume and cost, location relative to market outlets, supply dependability, and proximity to other competitors and markets influence the profitability and competitive position of individual producers. Results also show that, as expected, the entrance of new growers results in a reduction of the sales price, and creates more favorable conditions for sales outlets. In contrast, the appearance of new sales outlets results in an expected increase in sales prices and producers' profits. Implications are derived for the West Virginia aquaculture industry and for other areas where an abundant natural resource base combined with a rapidly growing aquaculture industry are linked to a growing competition for markets and, hence, producer profitability and survival.     

MARKET DELINEATION OF THE SPANISH CLAM MARKET

This article analyzes the long-term relationship among prices of the most consumed clams in Spain. The clams considered are: the striped venus (Chamelea gallina) from Spain and Italy, the Japanese carpet shell (Ruditapes philippinarum) and the grooved carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus). The striped venus and grooved carpet shell are wild-caught whereas the Japanese carpet shell is from aquaculture farms. Unit root tests were used to check for stationarity and cointegration and the Law of One Price (LOP) were analyzed. Also short-run and long-run causality among prices is studied. The empirical results show that the markets for the Italian and Spanish striped venus and the Japanese carpet shell are interrelated and to some extent these clams can be considered to be substitutes. However, only the Japanese carpet shell and the Spanish striped venus are perfect substitutes.     

French consumption of oysters and mussels analysed within the European market

Abstract

Shellfish farming is the most common and the longest established aquaculture activity in France and in the EU15. Unlike for most other aquatic species, the bulk of French supplies of mussels and oysters come from mariculture. France is the leading European producer of oysters and is almost self sufficient in oysters. The sustainable development of shellfish farming is analysed through a “market and consumer‐ oriented‐approach”, covering trading and marketing issues as well as consumer analysis. Comparisons between mussel and oyster markets highlights some key differences in terms of their distribution network, demand attributes, consumer profiles and regions. There are differences in identification of origin and quality labelling approaches. Producer organizations are becoming more involved in such matters but they do not have the same stake in the two sectors. A review of the current quality control schemes applied in marketing both farmed oysters and mussels completes the economic analysis of these French bivalve markets.     

SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SMALL-SCALE FRESHWATER PRAWN MARKETING SYSTEMS IN MYMENSINGH,BANGLADESH

An investigation was carried out in Mymensingh region of Bangladesh to understand current practices of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) marketing systems. Prawn marketing is almost exclusively maintained by the private sector, where the livelihoods of a considerable number of people are associated with prawn distribution and marketing systems. The market chain from producers to consumers passes through a number of intermediaries. The prawn is a highly valued product in international markets; most of the prawns (60%) are therefore exported, particularly to the USA, Japan and Europe. The rest (40%) of the under-sized prawns are sold to local markets in Mymensingh. The price of prawn depends on quality, size and weight, and grade. In spite of marketing constraints, livelihood outcomes are positive and most of the households of traders (75%) have improved their social and economic conditions through prawn marketing activities. However, concerns arise about the long-term sustainability of prawn marketing due to poor road and transport facilities, inadequate supply of ice, lack of money and credit facilities, and poor market infrastructure. It is therefore necessary to provide institutional, organizational, and government support for a sustainable prawn market.     

Competition between farmed and wild fish: The French sea bass and sea bream markets

ABSTRACT

Aquaculture is contributing at an increasing rate to the world seafood supply. The interaction between fisheries and aquaculture is especially important for the seafood market where supply of wild and farmed fish can affect price dynamics. We examine market interactions in the French fresh sea bass and sea bream markets. We test for long-term price parity between farmed and wild products for these two species, applying a bivariate cointegration approach to market delineation. We also conduct the Law of One Price (LOP) test between price series. Our data base consists of monthly domestic price series for fish purchased by French households from 2007 to 2012. Our empirical results show that the fresh fish markets for whole wild and farmed sea bream are partially integrated, yet those for whole wild and farmed sea bass are not integrated. The substantially higher price for wild sea bass relative to farmed sea bass suggests that consumers may be more sensitive to seafood production processes when it comes to higher-value species.     

The estimate of world demand for Pangasius catfish (Pangasiusianodon hypopthalmus)

ABSTRACT

This research described in this article aimed to investigate international market potentials for Pangasius catfish (Pangasianodon hypopthalmus). The monthly export data from Vietnam, which accounts for more than 95% of the global export value, in the period 2007 to 2014, were used to estimate a non-linear Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System of the seven market regions. Prices in all markets are found very inflexible, with own-price flexibilities on ?0.200 to ?0.917, or ?0.419 on average, revealing the option of expanding global production and export without inducing a substantial price reduction. Consumers in all markets except Latin America evaluate Pangasius as a necessary good, indicating that the Pangasius industry is relatively little affected by recessions and booms in the world economy. The major markets are substitutes for each other; therefore, if demand at one market region is reduced, the presence of substitution leads suppliers to find other markets. The results reveal that demand provides stable framework conditions for the Pangasius industry.     

Marketing research paradigms for aquaculture

Abstract

A basic premise of this review is that the traditional agricultural economics marketing research paradigm is of limited value for addressing many of the key marketing issues affecting aquaculture. These issues include how to get consumers to recognize and accept new or slightly differentiated products, and how to design products that more nearly match consumer preferences. Accordingly, we stress an ‘industrial style’ market‐development approach to aquacultural marketing research that emphasizes product differentiation and market segmentation. The focus is pragmatic in that we bring into play managerial strategies (e.g. demand‐function modification and segment development) that are integral to implementing research findings. Empirical studies pertaining to seafood demand and preference articulation are selectively reviewed to illustrate concepts and to highlight research applications.