In an earlier ABARE study of the efficiency of seafood marketing (Smith and Reid 1993) it was suggested that alternative marketing arrangements have the potential to improve the efficiency of seafood marketing. Among the options canvassed was the possibility of developing electronic marketing of...

Increasing demands on public funds have led to calls from governments and industry for greater accountability in research expenditures and hence a need for a systematic evaluation of the benefits from research. The underlying rationale for government involve­ment in supporting fisheries research...