Performance and conduct of supply chains for United States farmed oysters

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dc.contributor.authorLove, David C.en
dc.contributor.authorLane, Robert M.en
dc.contributor.authorKuehl, Lillian M.en
dc.contributor.authorHudson, Bobbien
dc.contributor.authorHarding, Jamieen
dc.contributor.authorClancy, Kateen
dc.contributor.authorFry, Jillian P.en
dc.contributor.departmentVirginia Agricultural Experiment Stationen
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T20:37:32Zen
dc.date.available2021-01-11T20:37:32Zen
dc.date.issued2020-01-15en
dc.description.abstractFarmed oysters are one of the most valuable aquacultured products in the United States (U.S.), are highly perishable, and increasingly shipped live year-round. Supply chain actors must work together to bring refrigerated oysters to market quickly, while maintaining product value, safety and traceability information. In light of these demands, this study assesses the performance and conduct of supply chains for U.S. farmed oysters (Crassostrea virginica, C. gigas). Over the two-year study period, we conducted interviews with 56 businesses and tracked 125 oyster shipments from two major growing regions in the U.S. through six different types of supply chains. We hypothesized that direct and intermediated supply chains would perform differently in terms of timeto-market, product temperature in cold chains, compliance with temperature regulations, and modeled risks from Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Intermediated supply chains, by their definition have more connections than direct supply chains, and we found this introduces a longer time-to-market and a higher incidence of time and temperature abuse. However, these factors did not lead to greater modeled V. parahaemolyticus risks. Participants in both direct and intermediated supply chains were aware of the importance of traceability and felt uniformly positive about their ability to perform recalls. A common concern was the speed of government-imposed recalls, which can be declared by regulators after the affected live oysters are consumed. Members of these supply chains play different roles in maintaining the cold chain, possess different levels of information related to traceability, and describe different levels of trust with other supply chain actors. This paper contributes to a growing body of knowledge on supply chains for seafood and their critical, and sometimes overlooked, role in larger food systems.en
dc.description.notesWe thank the Washington State and Chesapeake Bay oyster aquaculture industry and those individuals and businesses that participated in the study. This research was primarily supported by the NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program (16GAR008). Some materials and other study expenses were supported by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future with a gift from the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. We also thank the peer reviewers for their time and input.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program [16GAR008]; Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Futureen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.734569en
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5622en
dc.identifier.issn0044-8486en
dc.identifier.other734569en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/101834en
dc.identifier.volume515en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectChesapeake bayen
dc.subjectOysteren
dc.subjectShellfishen
dc.subjectSupply chainen
dc.subjectTraceabilityen
dc.subjectWashingtonen
dc.titlePerformance and conduct of supply chains for United States farmed oystersen
dc.title.serialAquacultureen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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