multiple-use activities need to be addressed. Indeed, the appropriate scales to
analyses the effects and interactions of offshore aquaculture naturally depends on
how far different effects extend and how they interact in a multi-use setting.
Engaging in offshore aquaculture production, larger scales are required to understand the context in which the activity works and the smaller scales support our
understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the respective aquaculture operation. The necessary interconnectedness of the different scales and time frames needs
therefore to be captured by a multi-layered approach (Krause et al. 2015).
8.5 Outlook
Especially for offshore aquaculture in a multi-use setting, we need to be more
specific to identify and to articulate societal choices and their related values that
build the foundation of the decision to move offshore in a sustainable manner in the
first place. This directly frames the socio-economic effects of such activity. The
typology of socio-economic dimensions of aquaculture presented in this chapter can
be regarded as a first step to capture these societal values and thus remains to be
worked out in more detail for their implications for offshore aquaculture. It must be
verified with the emerging body of insights and growing experience on how this
new form of marine resource may develop in the future.
The present practice involves the political allocation of ocean space for specific
purposes only, which leads to a complex mix of ownership, associated commons
and private property. Depending on the activity, these contain very different customary and statutory rules and regulations, in which we can detect a “failure of
understanding” the socio-economic effects on offshore marine resource use by and
large. Indeed, questions as “how should the socio-economic dimensions of offshore
aquaculture be captured and interpreted?”, and How can it be managed, and what
are the major challenges for efficient sustainable management?” point to existing
knowledge gaps and opens up the arena for discussion on what is required to
address the socio-economic dimensions of offshore aquaculture.
This current gap between oceans as common and oceans as private property as
well as diverging views and pictures leads to a contested sea space. In multi-use
settings, these are especially important to address at the interface of policy, research
and practice. There is a high risk of failing in integrating offshore aquaculture
within the emerging marine management regime. What is at odds is the balanced
management of the politically powerful vs. newcomers. Critical for dealing with the
whole breadth of socio-economic issues in offshore aquaculture are the further
development of suitable and robust methods. These are necessary for analyzing and
assessing the cultural fabric and other social aspects that may be impacted through
offshore production systems, as well as generating insight on what effects we can
expect on the wider economic and innovation systems involved therein.
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analyses the effects and interactions of offshore aquaculture naturally depends on
how far different effects extend and how they interact in a multi-use setting.
Engaging in offshore aquaculture production, larger scales are required to understand the context in which the activity works and the smaller scales support our
understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the respective aquaculture operation. The necessary interconnectedness of the different scales and time frames needs
therefore to be captured by a multi-layered approach (Krause et al. 2015).
8.5 Outlook
Especially for offshore aquaculture in a multi-use setting, we need to be more
specific to identify and to articulate societal choices and their related values that
build the foundation of the decision to move offshore in a sustainable manner in the
first place. This directly frames the socio-economic effects of such activity. The
typology of socio-economic dimensions of aquaculture presented in this chapter can
be regarded as a first step to capture these societal values and thus remains to be
worked out in more detail for their implications for offshore aquaculture. It must be
verified with the emerging body of insights and growing experience on how this
new form of marine resource may develop in the future.
The present practice involves the political allocation of ocean space for specific
purposes only, which leads to a complex mix of ownership, associated commons
and private property. Depending on the activity, these contain very different customary and statutory rules and regulations, in which we can detect a “failure of
understanding” the socio-economic effects on offshore marine resource use by and
large. Indeed, questions as “how should the socio-economic dimensions of offshore
aquaculture be captured and interpreted?”, and How can it be managed, and what
are the major challenges for efficient sustainable management?” point to existing
knowledge gaps and opens up the arena for discussion on what is required to
address the socio-economic dimensions of offshore aquaculture.
This current gap between oceans as common and oceans as private property as
well as diverging views and pictures leads to a contested sea space. In multi-use
settings, these are especially important to address at the interface of policy, research
and practice. There is a high risk of failing in integrating offshore aquaculture
within the emerging marine management regime. What is at odds is the balanced
management of the politically powerful vs. newcomers. Critical for dealing with the
whole breadth of socio-economic issues in offshore aquaculture are the further
development of suitable and robust methods. These are necessary for analyzing and
assessing the cultural fabric and other social aspects that may be impacted through
offshore production systems, as well as generating insight on what effects we can
expect on the wider economic and innovation systems involved therein.
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