GLAC peer-reviewed publications

Voter Evaluations Regarding the Tradeoffs Between Agricultural Production and Water Quality in Lake Erie

Melstrom, Richard T., and Trey Malone. “Voter evaluations regarding the tradeoffs between agricultural production and water quality in Lake Erie.” Agricultural Water Management 287 (2023).

A Meta-Regression Analysis of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Aquaculture Products

Smetana, K., Melstrom, R., & Malone, T. (2022). A Meta-Regression Analysis of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Aquaculture ProductsJournal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 54(3), 480-495. doi:10.1017/aae.2022.28

Introducing the Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative: Fostering an aquaculture event during COVID-19 Across U.S. Protein Supply Chains

Jescovitch, L., Nelson, E., Wiermaa, E., Schrank, A. 2021. Introducing the Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative: Fostering an aquaculture event during COVID-19. World Aquaculture Magazine 52(1): 45-48.

Regulatory Restrictions Across U.S. Protein Supply Chains

Staples, A., Chambers, D., Melstrom, R., & Malone, T. (2021). Regulatory Restrictions Across U.S. Protein Supply Chains. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1-27. doi:10.1017/aae.2021.28

Regulatory Landscape of the U.S. Aquaculture Supply Chain

Staples, A.J., E. Abaidoo, L.N. Jescovitch, D. Chambers, R.T. Melstrom, and T. Malone. 2021. “Regulatory Landscape of the U.S. Aquaculture Supply ChainChoices. Quarter 4.

2021 Choices Magazine. This is the outreach publication of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.

Theme Overview:

The Economics of U.S. Aquaculture by Trey Malone and Richard T. Melstrom. Aquaculture production is growing, but production in the United States is growing less rapidly than in the rest of the world. Articles in this theme include the following by members of the Sea Grant Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative and others:


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