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Title: The social science of offshore aquaculture: uncertainties, challenges and solution-oriented governance needs
Author(s): Krause, Gesche
Weitzman, Jenny
Rector, Megan E
Filgueira, Ramon
Burg, Sander van den
Dankel, Dorothy Jane
Olsen, Marit Schei
Osmundsen, Tonje C
Contact Email: megan.rector@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: governance
inter-and transdisciplinary
systems perspective
social dimensions
offshore aquaculture
Issue Date: 3-Sep-2024
Date Deposited: 7-Oct-2024
Citation: Krause G, Weitzman J, Rector ME, Filgueira R, Burg Svd, Dankel DJ, Olsen MS & Osmundsen TC (2024) The social science of offshore aquaculture: uncertainties, challenges and solution-oriented governance needs. <i>Frontiers in Aquaculture</i>, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/faquc.2024.1384037
Abstract: Aquaculture technology is on the move, enabling production in more open and exposed ocean environments around the world. These new systems offer solutions to environmental challenges facing conventional aquaculture, yet new technologies also create new social challenges while potentially exacerbating, or at minimum recreating, others. Offshore aquaculture research and governance are still in early stages, as is our understanding of the social repercussions and challenges associated with development. This paper provides an evaluation and reflection on offshore aquaculture from a social science perspective and is based on findings from a modified World Café group discussion method including the thoughts and experiences of social science experts. Key challenges and uncertainties including a lack of an appropriate regulatory framework, societal perceptions of offshore aquaculture, and offshore aquaculture’s contribution to society were identified. The governance implications of these challenges are discussed as well as the need for social sciences to address these challenges through transformative and transdisciplinary approaches that bridge science and society.
DOI Link: 10.3389/faquc.2024.1384037
Rights: Copyright © 2024 Krause, Weitzman, Rector, Filgueira, Burg, Dankel, Olsen and Osmundsen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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