| Title | Contending with Risk in the Seafood Processing Industry: a Bioeconomic Portfolio Analysis of the Pacific Whiting Fishery |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Tuininga, Chris R. |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 105 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin Tuininga 1998, Internet Resources LD4330 1998 .T8, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | commercial fisheries - groundfish, Pacific hake (whiting) = Merluccius productus, Port of Astoria, Port of Newport, seafood processing, theses |
| Notes | Study of fish processing of whiting on the West Coast. Indicates possible mixes of products to reduce economic risk for seafood processors, and the order in which products should be processed to maximize profits. Interesingly, putting whiting processing off until the end of the fishing season maximized profits. Newport is the most important port in Oregon for this fishery. Masters thesis. Major professor was Gilbert Sylvia. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/cf95jd91k |
