Abstract
The paper evaluates the potential consumers’ response from the United Kingdom and Denmark to the introduction of certification for the sustainability and quality of seafood products. Broadly speaking, it was found that consumers were willing to pay a price premium for and buy more of hypothetically labelled products. Fifteen years on, drawing on the experience of the fisheries that have already actually been certified, the paper evaluates the effectiveness of certification and conclude that consumers are still willing to pay premiums for certified seafood products but few fisheries have in fact achieved the size of predicted price premiums or increases in sale volumes predicted and that the product and geographic variation is particularly marked.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-91 |
Journal | Marine Policy |
Volume | 73 |
Early online date | 6 Aug 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- Certification
- seafood
- choice modelling