Aquaculture governance: five engagement arenas for sustainability transformation

Stefan Partelow
Furqan Asif
Christophe Béné
Simon Bush
Aisa O Manlosa
Ben Nagel
Achim Schlüter
Vishnumurthy M Chadag
Afrina Choudhury
Steven M Cole
Richard S Cottrell
Stefan Gelcich
Rebecca Gentry
Jessica A Gephart
Marion Glaser
Teresa R Johnson
Malin Jonell
Geshe Krause
Andreas Kunzmann
Holger Kühnhold
Dave C Little
Melissa J Marschke
Darien D Mizuta
Adiska O Paramita
Nie Pin
Nerissa D Salayo
Grant D Stentiford
Joshua Stoll
Max Troell
Giovanni M Turchini

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Abstract

A greater focus on governance is needed to facilitate effective and substantive progress toward sustainability transformations in the aquaculture sector. Concerted governance efforts can help move the sector beyond fragmented technical questions associated with intensification and expansion, social and environmental impacts, and toward system-based approaches that address interconnected sustainability issues. Through a review and expert-elicitation process, we identify five engagement arenas to advance a governance agenda for aquaculture sustainability transformation: (1) setting sustainability transformation goals, (2) cross-sectoral linkages, (3) land–water–sea connectivity, (4) knowledge and innovation, and (5) value chains. We then outline the roles different actors and modes of governance can play in fostering sustainability transformations, and discuss action items for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to operationalize activities within their engagement arenas.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101379

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Partelow S., Asif F., Béné C., Bush S., Manlosa A.O., Nagel B., Schlüter A., Chadag V.M., Choudhury A., Cole S.M., Cottrell R.S., Gelcich S., Gentry R., Gephart J.A., Glaser M., Johnson T.R., Jonell M., Krause G., Kunzmann A., Kühnhold H., Little D.C., Marschke M.J., Mizuta D.D., Paramita A.O., Pin N., Salayo N.D., Stentiford G.D., Stoll J., Troell M. and Turchini G.M. (2023) Aquaculture governance: five engagement arenas for sustainability transformation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 65: 101379. 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101379

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