Natural Resource Economics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Ben Posadas, Disaster Economics, Economic Development, Nursery Mechanization

NATURAL DISASTER ECONOMICS Hurricane Impacts Economic Recovery Environmental Valuation	In 2003, The total ex-vessel value of commercial fisheries landings was $46 million while the total plant-gate value of commercial seafood processing production was $338 million. The recreational fishing industry which includes saltwater and freshwater fishing produced a total economic impact of $463 million in 2001. The results of the economic assessment conducted after Hurricane Katrina indicated massive devastation of all the sectors included in the survey
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Center for Urban Rural Interface Studies Coastal Development Impacts
HORTICULTURE ECONOMICS Nursery Automation Horticulture Production The Green Industry Consortium
SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE ECONOMICS Fisheries Economics Aquaculture Economics

For further information, contact: Dr. Ben Posadas, Associate R/E Professor of Economics, CV
Mississippi State University	MSUcares.com	Coastal Research and Extension Center	Department of Agricultural Economics

Last updated: August 24, 2009