مریم محمودی

Fish cage culture   is a new business that was formed in the world since the ۲۰th century, and since the ۱۳۷۰s, researches related to its exploitation began in Iran.

Despite the prediction of Iran's high potential in exploiting this industry, not only has this country not reached the predicted capacity, but the difference between the produced capacity and its predicted capacity is very large.

The research showed that the predicted capacity of fish cage culture in Iran is not achieved due to the capital-intensiveness of this business and the lack of sufficient capital by individuals, therefore, the need to pool the capital of individuals is felt.

Pooling people's capital requires their participation, and with the participation of people, the usual conflicts between partners will appear, so the purpose of this research is to determine the framework of the mode of production of fish cage culture as a joint business according to the definition of this system,which specifies the forces of production and the social relations between the forces so that the partners have more confidence in the partnership by following the framework provided.

The current research is considered practical in terms of its purpose, because the results obtained in the form of mode of production were provided to Bushehr province fisheries. In terms of method, a research is a case study, and in terms of its nature, it is part of qualitative research. The statistical population of this research consists of two groups. First, in order to interview about the conflicts between the partners, the beneficiaries of fish cage culture in Bushehr province, and then to conduct the experiment, students were purposefully selected as the community.

The required data were collected through interviews using thematic analysis technique with the help of Atlas TI software and the analysis of the experiment implemented through fault and management analysis and were processed with the help of the institutional development and analysis framework.

The result showed the main elements of the mode of production of cage culture, describing the responsibility of the manager and partners, the presence of specialized consultants, how to provide financial resources, how to inform partners, specifying the force majeure (uncontrollable factors), how Decision-making and the framework for the entry and exit of partners to the partnership.

Key words: partnership businesses, mode of production, conflict, aquaculture, fish cage culture