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Effects of Post-Harvest Treatment Requirements on the Markets for Oysters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Mary K. Muth ,
Shawn A. Karns ,
Donald W. Anderson  and
Brian C. Murray
Mary K. Muth
Affiliation:
Division of Health, Social, and Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Shawn A. Karns
Affiliation:
Division of Health, Social, and Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Donald W. Anderson
Affiliation:
Food and Nutrition Policy and Consumer Behaviors in the Division of Health, Social, and Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Brian C. Murray
Affiliation:
Environmental and Natural Resource Economic in the Division of Health, Social, and Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Abstract

Because of public health concerns, regulators are considering requiring post-harvest treatment of halfshell and shucked oysters by wholesalers and processors. Two recently developed post-harvest treatment technologies may actually reduce the costs of producing shucked oysters, but would increase the costs of halfshell oysters. An interregional model of the wholesale oyster industry is developed to estimate the effects of treatment requirements on prices, output, and employment. If post-harvest treatment is required for all Gulf oysters, price increases are estimated to be less than 20% and, in some cases, prices decrease. Results indicate producer and consumer losses in the halfshell market are partially or more than offset by gains in the shucked market.

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equilibrium displacement modeloysterspost-harvest treatmentVibrio vulnificus
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , October 2002 , pp. 171 - 186
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Copyright © 2002 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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