Identifing entrepreneurship opportunities and its effective trends (case study: fishery industry)

Using library resources, observation and interviewing fishery experts, trends effective in entrepreneurship in fishery industry were identified and designed in the form of a questionnaire. After evaluating validity and reliability of the questionnaire, a sample of 85 entrepreneurs and fishery experts was randomly selected and the questionnaire was completed. The level of importance and priority of trends was determined using Friedman test. The results indicated that globalization of fishery products is one of the most important effective trends, and technical, training and marketing assistance to entrepreneurs, technology development to manufacture and provide products, privatization of government activities, deregulation, demographic changes and women s role in fishery industry are among other trends respectively effective in achieving entrepreneurship opportunities in fishery industry