Sea urchin: From plague to market opportunity

José M. Grisolía; Francisco López; Juan de Dios Ortúzar

doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.01.004

Sea urchin: From plague to market opportunity

José M. Grisolía
, Francisco López
, Juan de Dios Ortúzar

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Abstract

The coast line of the Canary Islands (Spain) has suffered from a plague of Diadema antillarum (sea urchin) over the last decades. This has attracted the attention of local authorities since it is becoming a serious environmental problem. We set out to analyse the potential market for sea urchin meat in this region, where this species is not subject to commercial exploitation and it is relatively unknown. The paper uses data from a sample of volunteers who were interviewed before and after tasting different dishes cooked with sea urchin. We applied discrete choice models considering that answers before and after experiencing this food belonged to different types of data; this is a mixed data approach in the state of practice. Our main conclusion is that there is indeed a market niche for having specialised restaurants serving sea urchin as a delicacy food.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	46-56
Number of pages	11
Journal	Food Quality and Preference
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.01.004
Publication status	Published - Jul 2012
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Discrete choice models
Efficient experimental design
Food choices
Mixed data analysis
Sea urchin meat

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Food Science
Nutrition and Dietetics

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