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TI Externalities, institutions and the location choices of shellfish producers: the case of blue mussel farming in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay (France)
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AF MONGRUEL, Remi
   THEBAUD, Olivier
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FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCB-EM;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-EM;
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SE PDG-DOP-DCB-EM
IF 1.762
TC 0
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-6346.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;institutional arrangements;location choices;externalities;economic performance indicators;blue mussel farming
AB Most marine aquaculture activities remain strongly dependent on coastal ecosystems. In the case of shellfish farming, this dependency is related mainly to water quality and to the various ecological interactions resulting from the dynamics of coastal food webs. Such ecological constraints have influenced the overall evolution of blue mussel farming in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay, leading producers to negotiate collective arrangements regarding production capacity and techniques and to develop production strategies at the farm level. This article presents an analysis of the location choices of mussel farmers in the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay based on an empirical investigation conducted in 2002. A typology of farms with respect to their land structure is developed in which some farms choose to concentrate their activity in a single part of the bay while others distribute their activity more widely. Determinants of the location choices of each farm category, including distance to port, natural productivity differentials, and predation of mussel stocks, are analyzed. The role of the institutional arrangements allowing mussel farmers to develop these location strategies is also discussed.
PY 2006
PD DEC
SO Aquaculture Economics & Management
SN 1365-7305
PU Taylor and Francis
VL 10
IS 3
BP 163
EP 181
DI 10.1080/13657300600985173
ID 6346
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