Volume 66
Quality versus Quantity for Aggregate Household Seafood Consumption and Relevant Southeast U.S. Species
Authors
Wang, H. and W.R. Keithly, Jr. Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2013
Pages: 41 46
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty six Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Corpus Christy
Country: USA
Abstract
From February 2005 through January 2006, a NOAA Fisheries Seafood Consumption Survey was conducted to gather information regarding household seafood consumption patterns. Based on the 10,798 completed interviews, this study estimates expenditure-based household demand functions for seafood in aggregate as well as for shellfish and shrimp. Emphasis is given to the influence of socioeconomic factors influencing the demand for quality. As an outcome of this objective, and based on the hypothesis that demand for quality is proportional to the level of aggregation (i.e., as one moves from seafood to shrimp), the study examines whether the demand for quality diminishes in relation to the level of disaggregation.