FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Carp land: Economics of fish farms and the impact of region-marketing in the Aischgrund (DEU) and Barycz Valley (POL) BT AF LASNER, Tobias MYTLEWSKI, Adam NOURRY, Myriam RAKOWSKI, Marcin OBERLE, Martin AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:2;5:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:; C1 Thunen Inst Fisheries Ecol, Herwigstr 31, D-27572 Bremerhaven, Germany. Natl Marine Fisheries Res Inst, Ul Kollataja 1, PL-81332 Gdynia, Poland. UMR AMURE Univ Bretagne Occidentale, 12 Rue Kergoal, F-29238 Brest 3, France. LfL Bavarian Inst Fisheries, Greiendorfer Weg 8, D-91315 Hochstadt, Germany. C2 THUNEN INST FISHERIES ECOL, GERMANY NATL MARINE FISHERIES RES INST, POLAND UBO, FRANCE LFL, GERMANY UM AMURE IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-europe IF 4.242 TC 19 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00657/76867/83105.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Benchmarking;Focus group;Profitability;Protected Geographic Indication (PGI);Stakeholder interviews AB The carp farmers of today face many challenges, with changing consumer habits, drought, losses of fish to avian predators and diseases presenting some of the most widespread threats. Our study has selected two European carp-farming areas as case studies: the Aischgrund in Germany and the Barycz Valley in Poland, where local stakeholders have initiated region-marketing concepts. The carp provides the core identity of these region-marketing. The region-marketing aims to boost touristic attractiveness of the regions and should indirectly support carp farmers in the strained economic situation for carp aquaculture. Notwithstanding, it is unknown, how the region-marketing effects carp farms' economics. Stakeholders were interviewed to explore the establishment and the essence of these region-marketing concepts. Focus groups of carp farmers have informed our sample of representative farms. The representative farm models enabled to compare the costs and profitability of different carp enterprises. Further, the farm models helped to explore the potential impacts and efficacy of region-marketing initiatives introduced in recent years. Our results show that the single grow-out and traditional sale of conventional fresh carp is scarcely profitable. Farmers in both regions struggle with limited options for adaptation or diversification. The difficulties are most pronounced for small-scale peasant carp farms. We consider the potential of labelling as part of region-marketing and future transfer payments that honor the contribution of carp farming to ecosystem services and cultural value (region's identity). In particular for larger-scaled carp farms, region-marketing seems to be a good means of enhancing direct marketing opportunities and generating new income sources via diversification. PY 2020 PD MAR SO Aquaculture SN 0044-8486 PU Elsevier VL 519 UT 000511835000011 DI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734731 ID 76867 ER EF