doing a research paper need some help

[CamBarr]

Hey all I am going to write a paper for a business class Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m taking and I need to do some market analysis on the aquarium industry

Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m having trouble finding the fallowing information if you guys could help that would be great. Please provide sources

I need the fallowing information as current as possible

Aquarium industry gross sales.

Number of house holds in us with marine aquariums.

Number of aquariums in households in orange county ca

And industry growth stats

All help will help tremendously


cam barr

 

[sharkdude]

these online reports may have some info you could glean.

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/marine/GMA...(Green&Hendry).pdf#search='cites coral trade'

http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/resources/PDFs/global_trade_coral99.pdf

 

[CamBarr]

Thanks shark dude,

unfortunately those reports are from latest 1997 the aquarium industry grows at a rate of I believe 15% a year Iââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢m looking for something as accurate as possible cool information on cites though good read for anyone out there who want to learn.


cb

 

[sharkdude]

I can guess its going to very difficult for you to answer your specific questions. For example, have you ever filled out a survey identifying yourself as a marine aquarium owner in Orange County?
even if data exist, it may not be readily available in the detail you are seeking.

here is another potentially useful report:
http://www.unep.org/PDF/From_Ocean_To_Aquarium_report.pdf

 

[CamBarr]

link dosent work????

 

[sharkdude]

I'm trying to download the report now... appears to be large file of over 1MB, and its seizing my adobe.

 

[CamBarr]

lol adobe they update it seems like every 20 seconds whith new versions

 

[sharkdude]

try your questions withe the Marine Aqaurium Council in Hawaii
http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/subpage.asp?section=27

or direct access your own data extractions at
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/marine/GMAD/

if I am successful in downloading the 2003 report, what's your email? and I will send direct

 

[CamBarr]

Yea it works now I actually called mac last week and the only guy there was the finance manager lol so I guess ill give them another call this week to see if I can dig up some info.

What do you guys think about California or even orange county as a whole if you could guess what would you say the market is worth???

 

[Charles99]

1 billion dollars (Dr. Evil Pinky)

 

[CamBarr]

lol

 

[CamBarr]

whell just got the phone whith MAC and they told me taht they get all of the info from other sources humm this is an endless search

 

[CamBarr]

check this out

http://www.appma.org/press_industrytrends.asp

 

[sharkdude]

alternate link to the september 2003 report cited above
http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/UNEP_WCMC_bio_series/17.htm

check the reference citations for more leads.
MAC was collaborator on this report and appears to be the most current summarized data available.

 

[CamBarr]

Nice job dude

330million a year and im sure this is growing wow

I canââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t believe the pet industry is a $38.4 Est billion dollar a year industry

Well actually I can lol

 

[GTR]

Cat and dog food might be 1/3 of the total.

SteveU

 

[CamBarr]

yea for shure but still pretty amazing concerering thats for pets
it is pretty interesting though

 

[GTR]

Here's a local company that owns some of our hobby brands and is a major distributor to your local stores.
http://www.central.com

They were taking off a few months back. Though earnings are still high, stock price has been falling.

SteveU

 

[CamBarr]

I wonder why, it could be seasonal considering summer is slow for sales in general.