Has the Regulatory Compliance Burden Reduced Competitiveness of the U.S. Tilapia Industry?

• Published in: Fishes Vol. 8; no. 3; p. 151
• Main Authors: Engle, Carole R., van Senten, Jonathan, Clark, Charles, Boldt, Noah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Aquaculture; aquaculture economics; Aquaculture industry; Aquaculture products; Competitiveness; Compliance; Costs; Developing countries; Drinking water; Economic aspects; Economic incentives; Energy policies; Energy policy; Environmental effects; Environmental impact; Environmental protection; Environmental quality; Evaluation; Externality; Farms; Fish; Fish fillets; Food; Freshwater fishes; Freshwater resources; Governance; Imports; Industrialized nations; Laws, regulations and rules; LDCs; Manpower; Operating costs; Polyculture (aquaculture); Production costs; regulations; Regulatory compliance; regulatory costs; Salmon; Seafood; Seafoods; Shellfish; Sustainability; Tilapia; Tilapia culture; U.S. tilapia farming; Wastewater discharges; Whitefish; United States; Florida; United States > US

Emerging research on aquaculture governance has pointed to the conundrum of negative global environmental effects from economic incentives for aquaculture production to shift from more highly regulated to less regulated countries. This study has focused on examining whether regulatory costs on U.S....