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This book is a multidisciplinary analysis of cultural, regional and economic factors affecting international food trade. Contributions from expert authors illuminate the importance of food culture prevailing in the market as a basis for decisions about food trading. Central concepts include value chains, conventions and public infrastructure, and their importance for international trade . The reader is taken into a discussion about cultural and economic contexts which influence local decisions among buyers and manufacturers of seafood, and how those contexts mutually influence trade between countries. Chapters investigate the trading pattern of codfish (Bacalao), between Nordic and Iberian countries and discuss how business relations are created and structured. The driving forces behind such patterns and how business relations become habits which are hard to change, are revealed through the research presented. As a multidisciplinary work, this book will have broad appeal. It will be of interest to those exploring cultural, economic and public policy issues associated with food trade, as well as anyone with an interest in the seafood market or the Nordic and Iberian regions

This book is a multidisciplinary analysis of cultural, regional and economic factors affecting international food trade. Contributions from expert authors illuminate the importance of food culture prevailing in the market as a basis for decisions about food trading. Central concepts include value chains, conventions and public infrastructure, and their importance for international trade . The reader is taken into a discussion about cultural and economic contexts which influence local decisions among buyers and manufacturers of seafood, and how those contexts mutually influence trade between countries. Chapters investigate the trading pattern of codfish (Bacalao), between Nordic and Iberian countries and discuss how business relations are created and structured. The driving forces behind such patterns and how business relations become habits which are hard to change, are revealed through the research presented. As a multidisciplinary work, this book will have broad appeal. It will be of interest to those exploring cultural, economic and public policy issues associated with food trade, as well as anyone with an interest in the seafood market or the Nordic and Iberian regions.

AbstractThis article is a case study of a peripheral fishing community and its capacity to regenerate and maintain local economic growth processes. The discussion of growth ability is based on a categorization of European peripheries and the concept of local production systems. Taking the fishing community of Muros in Galicia, northwest Spain, as its focus, the article discusses the ability of a community of its type to undertake the industrial restructuring of its fishing industry, mussel farming activities, tourism, and electricity generation by wind turbines. It also reveals how, during the processes of renewal, Muros has become more deeply dependent on its fishery due to an inability amongst the actors of the production system to leave the evolutionary paths laid down by earlier investment in the fishing industries.RésuméCette étude de cas porte sur une communauté périphérique de pêcheurs et sur sa capacitéà régénérer et préserver les processus de croissance économique locaux. L'analyse de la capacité de croissance s'appuie sur une catégorisation des périphéries européennes et sur le concept des systèmes de production locaux. En s'intéressant à la communauté de pêcheurs de Muros en Galice (nord‐ouest de l'Espagne), l'article examine l'aptitude d'une communauté de ce type à prendre en charge la restructuration industrielle de sa pêche, ses élevages de moules, son tourisme et la génération d'électricitééolienne. Il explique aussi comment, au cours des processus de renouvellement, Muros est devenue extrêmement dépendante de sa pêche, certains acteurs du système de production se révélant incapables de quitter les trajectoires dictées par les investissements antérieurs dans les activités industrielles de la pêche.

This article discusses how the Chinese seafood industry will affect the rest of the world's fishing industries. The analysis is based on theories of economic comparative advantage, the international division of labour and the internationalization process related to trade activities. Given the increasing domestic demand for fish in China, the limited availability of domestic fish stocks and less success for farmed marine fish in China are considered some of the most important factors in restricting the growth in Chinese seafood production. The necessity of raw fish imports into China may increase pressure on global fish stocks and international fish prices, resulting in tighter supplies worldwide and higher seafood prices for the Chinese. Sustainable fish harvests and trade require stronger fishery management, in particular in the relations between seafood companies and governments along the entire international value chain supplying China. Such structural changes may allow new value-added possibilities for fish farming and the upgrading of certain fish species for human consumption that were previously utilized purely for fish feed.