Market Analysis of Domestically Produced Rainbow Trout and the Impact of the Introduction of Pan-Size Salmon

摘要

The principal objectives of this study were to isolate and identify the factors governing the demand for domestically produced rainbow trout in a representative West Coast market--the greater Los Angeles Area--and assess the impact (if any) of the introduction of pan-size salmon on that demand. The results of the study, while preliminary, tend to support the original set of hypotheses concerning the interrelationships between the quantity of domestic trout demanded and its associated market prices, the prices of close substitutes and seasonal fluctuations in demand.