Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Sustainability and local community acceptance as determinants of industry structure and growth Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Ragnar Tveterås Coordinator email ragnar.tveteras@uis.no
Coordinator institution
IRIS - International Research Institute of Stavanger (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2014 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 538,270 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/234121?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=30&ProgAkt.3=HAVBRUKS-Havbruk+-+en+n%C3%A6ring+i+vekst Summary This project is organized in three work packages to shed light on the main objective from different angles.
In the first work package, the objective is to obtain information about factors that prevent and promote harmonic coexistence of aquaculture with other interests and values in coastal communities. This work package addresses the question of why do conflicts between the aquaculture industry and coastal communities arise, and how can such conflicts be reduced? As this is an issue that has received l ittle attention, our basic methodological approach is comparative qualitative case studies, where cases are selected to reflect municipalities/communities with different attitudes to salmon aquaculture.
The second work package use a quantitative approach to shed light on the importance of different types of external economies of scale and to what extent these are influenced by location (municipality) and industry structure. We will investigate one negative externality, disease as represented by salmon lice, and one positive externality, the existence of industry clusters. Of particular interest is whether areas with large multi-plant firms that presumably can coordinate efforts against lice have a lower prevalence of lice, and whether industry clusters i s a substitute to large firms.
The third work package will use the results from the two previous work packages to investigate the foundations for sustainable increase in the Norwegian salmon production. Furthermore, we will statistically analyse interrel ationships between employment and economic impacts from aquaculture and socio-economic characteristics of the local communities where they reside. The WP will analyze whether there are specific socio-economic structures that are associated with reduced l ocal resistance to salmon farming, to what extent these are compatible with structures that are more efficient in containing the impact of negative externalities, and whether these are related to firm structure.
Keywords
Fish;
Aquaculture management;
Open sea aquaculture;
Sustainability;
Aquaculture industry;
Economy;
Salmon;
Cage aquaculture;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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