Stakeholder perceptions of the impacts from salmon aquaculture in the Chilean Patagonia

Salgado, Hugo; Bailey, Jennifer L.; Tiller, Rachel; Ellis, J.

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.07.016

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“…However, even with only a small percentage of individuals self-identified as a fisher, concern for ‘fishing’ was one of the most frequently cited in the documents. Such discrepancies in public input need to be explored in order to fully understand and address the real versus perceived concerns of the interrelated markets of aquaculture and wild caught fisheries [67,68]. …”

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Public Perceptions of Aquaculture: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Patterns of Sentiment around the World

Froehlich¹,

Gentry²,

Rust³

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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Aquaculture is developing rapidly at a global scale and sustainable practices are an essential part of meeting the protein requirements of the ballooning human population. Locating aquaculture offshore is one strategy that may help address some issues related to nearshore development. However, offshore production is nascent and distinctions between the types of aquatic farming may not be fully understood by the public–important for collaboration, research, and development. Here we evaluate and report, to our knowledge, the first multinational quantification of the relative sentiments and opinions of the public around distinct forms of aquaculture. Using thousands of newspaper headlines (Ntotal = 1,596) from developed (no. countries = 26) and developing (42) nations, ranging over periods of 1984 to 2015, we found an expanding positive trend of general ‘aquaculture’ coverage, while ‘marine’ and ‘offshore’ appeared more negative. Overall, developing regions published proportionally more positive than negative headlines than developed countries. As case studies, government collected public comments (Ntotal = 1,585) from the United States of America (USA) and New Zealand mirrored the media sentiments; offshore perception being particularly negative in the USA. We also found public sentiment may be influenced by local environmental disasters not directly related to aquaculture (e.g., oil spills). Both countries voiced concern over environmental impacts, but the concerns tended to be more generalized, rather than targeted issues. Two factors that could be inhibiting informed discussion and decisions about offshore aquaculture are lack of applicable knowledge and actual local development issues. Better communication and investigation of the real versus perceived impacts of aquaculture could aid in clarifying the debate about aquaculture, and help support future sustainable growth.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Perceptions of Aquaculture: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Patterns of Sentiment around the World

Froehlich¹,

Gentry²,

Rust³

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

133

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“…Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) were introduced in the late 1990s (Barton & Fløysand, 2010), but the inadequacy of regulations were exposed by an infectious salmon anaemia outbreak that almost wiped out the industry and regulatory reforms concentrated on sanitation and biosecurity rather than biodiversity (Bustos-Gallardo, 2015). Salmon producer practices are widely criticised, and conflict with local communities and conservation NGOs persists (Bustos-Gallardo, 2015;Latta & Aguayo, 2012;Salgado, Bailey, Tiller, & Ellis, 2015). Salmon producer practices are widely criticised, and conflict with local communities and conservation NGOs persists (Bustos-Gallardo, 2015;Latta & Aguayo, 2012;Salgado, Bailey, Tiller, & Ellis, 2015).…”

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Corporate reporting and conservation realities: Understanding differences in what businesses say and do regarding biodiversity

2018

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Businesses are increasingly called on to participate in tackling biodiversity loss, but the extent of corporate commitments to act is unclear. We have a limited understanding of differences in perceptions and actions regarding biodiversity across business sectors. Doubts also remain concerning the reliability of corporate reporting as a window into business involvement in biodiversity. This paper tackles these uncertainties by using formal corporate reporting and interviews with managers and stakeholders about actions regarding biodiversity as the evidence base. Taking the cases of forestry and salmon farming in Chile, it finds sectoral differences are influenced by distinct regulatory settings and forms of stakeholder engagement. Whilst reporting serves as a partial window into each sector, manager interviews and stakeholder accounts indicate firms in both sectors perceive biodiversity primarily as a reputational risk rather than a core responsibility. In both cases, businesses have used formal corporate reporting to mask negative impacts, and it has failed to leverage fundamental reform.The findings indicate that formal reporting can only ever play a partial role in understanding and motivating business action on biodiversity. Stakeholder views and the particularities of local contexts must be more clearly articulated to ensure businesses undertake substantive rather than symbolic action on their impacts. The paper concludes by reflecting on implications for Natural Capital reporting and identifies limitations and avenues for future research.

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“…In spite of this, several conflicts based on different beliefs and held by different stakeholders, which cannot be independently denied or confirmed, have arisen (Salgado et al . ). This implies that simply revising the facts is not an effective strategy in resolving these conflicts.…”

Section: A Brief Description Of the Structure And Socio‐economic Relementioning

confidence: 97%

“…This is more obvious when stakeholders have different beliefs that cannot be denied or confirmed independently (Salgado et al . ). Thus, there is a need to generate arenas were the different stakeholders can communicate and where political agreements over space regulation and allocation can be attained.…”

Section: A Brief Description Of the Structure And Socio‐economic Relementioning

confidence: 97%

Main issues and challenges for sustainable development of salmon farming in Chile: a socio‐economic perspective

Chávez

Dresdner

Figueroa

et al. 2019

Reviews in Aquaculture

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We identify and discuss the main problems and challenges in sustainable development faced by the salmon farming industry in Chile from a socio‐economic perspective. This perspective is broad, in that it includes how the industry interacts with society and the environment, but also limited, in that it only assesses the impact on different social groups and economic agents. First, we present a brief description of the structure and socio‐economic relevance of salmon farming in the country. Second, we identify and discuss the primary current issues in the sustainable development of salmon farming in Chile. Third, we identify and discuss the challenges for developing sustainable salmon farming in Chile, including regulatory design and sectoral management, options for future expansion of the industry, responses and adjustments in the face of climate change and climatic variability, and the proper handling and growth of public‐private cooperation and goods governance.

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Stakeholder perceptions of the impacts from salmon aquaculture in the Chilean Patagonia

Cited by 35 publications

References 23 publications

Public Perceptions of Aquaculture: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Patterns of Sentiment around the World

Public Perceptions of Aquaculture: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Patterns of Sentiment around the World

Corporate reporting and conservation realities: Understanding differences in what businesses say and do regarding biodiversity

Main issues and challenges for sustainable development of salmon farming in Chile: a socio‐economic perspective

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