Economic and market
considerations
To an aquaculturist economic considerations are as important as or even
more important than biological factors in the selection of species to be
cultured. Many of the relevant factors have already been referred when
discussing national priorities and investment requirements. The availability of
proven technologies of culture, backed by economic viability, should guide an
investor or an aquaculturist in the selection of a species or a culture system.
Despite the scarcity of this type of information and the variability of
economic returns of enterprises, it is of such crucial importance that even
incomplete information from actual commercial or pilot operations would be
useful in validating available experimental results.
Consumer acceptance and availability of markets for the species are very
intimately interlinked with the economics of raising them. There are several
instances where culture techniques were in existence for many years but never
resulted in any large-scale production until new or improved markets developed,
whether for domestic consumption or for export. Markets can, of course, be
developed in places where none existed for a species, but this would require
very considerable time and effort. Public and/or private organizations will
have to undertake very intensive promotional activities to achieve this in a
reasonable period of time.
The above considerations appear to be the main reasons for the
widespread interest in introducing exotic species. The species concerned are
generally those for which established culture technologies exist and the
economics of production and marketability have been demonstrated.
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