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FISH 442: Global Fisheries Trade and Marketing

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Important species traded and marketed.  Trader types and function.  Trends in world fish trade; endangered species due to trading and marketing; the supply chain; transaction systems; distribution channels of fish; consumer needs and value adding to fish.  Quality assurance - labelling and certification. WTO Agreements and COFI sub-committee on fish trade. Other institutional and legal frameworks.  Tuna stocks in principal world fish markets (albacore (Thunnusalalunga), big eye (Thunnusobesus), yellowfish (Thunnusalbacares), skipjack (Katsuwonnuspelamis), bluefin (Thunnusthynnus); Bill fishes in principal world fish markets (Atlantic bluefin marlin, Atlantic whitefish marlin, black marlin, striped marlin, indo-pacific marlin, and the sword fish); Fish marketing.