@article{Tisdell:206477,
      recid = {206477},
      author = {Tisdell, Clem and Wittenberg, Rene},
      title = {Report on Possible Demand for Giant Clam Meat by Tongan  Descendants in Australia: Inferences from Interviews  Conducted in the Brisbane Area},
      address = {1990-02},
      number = {1743-2016-140790},
      series = {Research Reports in the Economics of Giant Clam  Mariculture},
      pages = {22},
      year = {1990},
      abstract = {The giant clam has been a traditional source of food among  Pacific Islanders. Thus migrants and their descendants from  these nations living in Australia might still want to  maintain giant clam meat as part of their diet. Members of  the Tongan community in Brisbane were interviewed in  December 1989 and January 1990 in order to find out if this  hypothesis holds. Information was collected in order to  determine the size of the Tongan community in Australia,  what quantities of clam meat they are prepared to buy at,  what prices and the type of product they are looking for.  Although the Tongan community is relatively small in  Australia (about 10,000 – 15,000 persons) it could  represent a substantial market because of the quantities of  clam meat Tongan families plan to purchase (1 – 4 kg/week  per family) even at relatively high prices (AUS$5 – 12/kg).  More importantly however, Tongans are prepared to buy the  meat of the whole clam and not just the adductor muscle. In  the past the adductor muscle has been the focus for meat  marketing. But the value of the meat of a whole clam may be  greater than for the adductor muscle alone, even though the  price of the meat of the whole clam is moderate compared to  that of the adductor muscle. Tongans in combination with  other Pacific Islander communities (if the latter have  similar consumption pattern as appears likely) could turn  out to be a very profitable market for giant clam industry  in Australia, and may provide scope for imports from the  Pacific Islands themselves.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206477},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.206477},
}