different groups) than many of today’s management systems support
(Michler-Cieluch and Krause 2008). How to operationalise highly context-specific
processes is a current gap in knowledge for building the institutional arrangements
needed to support growth of the offshore aquaculture sector. In this context, it must
be stressed that stakeholders are important sources of information which is useful
for identifying and contributing to the socio-economic drivers underpinning
decision-making in multiple level governance systems which exist offshore.
7.5 Outlook
The strong expansion of offshore wind farms in marine environments, such as in the
North Sea, increases the potential competition and likely conflicts among marine
resource users especially in sea areas that have formerly been used for other purposes, such as for fishing or shipping activities, or that have been free of human
activity and possibly protected. Hence, reconciling the demands of multi-use
activities with livelihood and conservation needs will be difficult to balance in
practice. Risk and uncertainty associated with starting new businesses are particularly high in such emerging and innovative industrial sectors like the offshore
aquaculture industry. Thus a common understanding of uncertainty factors
impacting a prospected offshore multiple-use site for aquaculture particularly when
combined with renewable energy systems is a first step towards turning some
uncertainty factors into more measurable and “controllable” elements. Putting in
Learning
Cycle
Transforming
Dialogue
Cycle
Improving
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Task
Implementation
State / Task
Assessment
Task
Formulation
Goal Setting
Learning
Cycle
Reframing
Fig. 7.3 The concept of “triple-loop learning” applied to a multi-use oriented governance regime
for the implementation of offshore aquaculture. It is assumed that the different stages of learning
among participating stakeholder groups leads to a change in the composition of actor groups and
thus effects a change in the institutional framework (Pahl-Wostl 2009)
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(Michler-Cieluch and Krause 2008). How to operationalise highly context-specific
processes is a current gap in knowledge for building the institutional arrangements
needed to support growth of the offshore aquaculture sector. In this context, it must
be stressed that stakeholders are important sources of information which is useful
for identifying and contributing to the socio-economic drivers underpinning
decision-making in multiple level governance systems which exist offshore.
7.5 Outlook
The strong expansion of offshore wind farms in marine environments, such as in the
North Sea, increases the potential competition and likely conflicts among marine
resource users especially in sea areas that have formerly been used for other purposes, such as for fishing or shipping activities, or that have been free of human
activity and possibly protected. Hence, reconciling the demands of multi-use
activities with livelihood and conservation needs will be difficult to balance in
practice. Risk and uncertainty associated with starting new businesses are particularly high in such emerging and innovative industrial sectors like the offshore
aquaculture industry. Thus a common understanding of uncertainty factors
impacting a prospected offshore multiple-use site for aquaculture particularly when
combined with renewable energy systems is a first step towards turning some
uncertainty factors into more measurable and “controllable” elements. Putting in
Learning
Cycle
Transforming
Dialogue
Cycle
Improving
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Task
Implementation
State / Task
Assessment
Task
Formulation
Goal Setting
Learning
Cycle
Reframing
Fig. 7.3 The concept of “triple-loop learning” applied to a multi-use oriented governance regime
for the implementation of offshore aquaculture. It is assumed that the different stages of learning
among participating stakeholder groups leads to a change in the composition of actor groups and
thus effects a change in the institutional framework (Pahl-Wostl 2009)
7 Governance and Offshore Aquaculture in Multi-resource …
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