Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf and the natural aquatic environment, made Iran’s geo-strategic and socioeconomic
situation of the fisheries and aquaculture sector unique. This sector in the three areas of
“ecotourism”, “food production” and “social behavior” play a crucial role in achieving Iran's Vision
Policy of 1404 goals. However, Iran's valuable position in ornamental fish farming industry has been
less attention and several issues challenged its development trend. Markazi is one of the leading
provinces in this industry. So the main purposes of research were to identify current situation and
providing development strategies. This study was descriptive and data were collected by survey
method. The Statistical population was ornamental fish’s Producers and experts in Markazi province
which due to limit number, census sampling was applied. The main tool for gathering information was
questionnaire which its face validity confirmed through educational specialist and expert’s viewpoint.
Also, the reliability of research tool was evaluated by Coronbach Alfa Test. The results showed that
"Employment and income" and "Interest in breeding ornamental fish" were two main reasons to attract
practitioners to this industry. The respondents considered the current situation ornamental fish
industry, undesirable (Score 1.17 out of 5). Factor analysis showed that five factors named; "Corporate
management and food resources", "management of extension and informing about authentic breeding
principles", "Care Management and Insurance", "imported fish quality management" and "technical
and financial support" have explained about 80% of the variance of the current situation and barriers to
the development of ornamental fish industry in Markazi Province. The most important strategies to
reduce facing problem in mentioned industry were development priority belonged ornamental fish
industry trade system and development of specialized human resources training.
Description:
Published
Keywords:
Ornamental fish industry
;
ِDevelopment
;
Ornamental
;
Fish
;
Industry
;
Fisheries
;
Aquaculture
;
Quality
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Journal Contribution
,
Refereed
Format:
pp.133-148
