As part of WP2 “Economic performance and prices” in PrimeFish, this Deliverable 2.5consists of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal on “boom and bust” cycles in European seafood markets. The audience for the deliverable is the scientific community, analysts and policy makers.

The paper, “Price volatility in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and detection of “boom—and-bust” cycles”, has been submitted to Fisheries Research, which has an impact factor of 1.874.

The paper analysisthe occurrence of “boom and bust” cycles for the selected species studied in PrimeFish (salmon, cod, trout, herring, seabass, seabreamand pangasius)and provides a method to detectboom and bust cycles and to make predictions on price fluctuations, protecting against such future cycles.The paper examines the critical factors, which are responsible for the principal prices’ turbulences and drops and spikes in the prices of agricultural commoditiesin world markets.

  Deliverable D2.5. Manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal on “boom and bust” cycles in European seafood markets