Gerard D'Souza,
Professor of Agricultural
& Resource Economics, and
Dennis Smith, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
WVU College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences (CAFCS)
The other half of
the profitability puzzle is determining production costs. The first
phase of this objective described the size and structure of the aquaculture
industry in West Virginia. Enterprise budgets for different levels of
trout production have been developed. In the second phase, investigators
will engage both processors and producers to develop optimization models.
Additional efforts will focus on the economic impact of aquaculture
in West Virginia, an economic assessment of waste management options,
and an assessment of mine water sources suitable for economic development.
