PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Margrethe Aanesen
AU  - Claire Armstrong
AU  - Trude Borch
AU  - Reinhold Fieler
AU  - Vera Hausner
AU  - Gorm Kipperberg
AU  - Henrik Lindhjem
AU  - Ståle Navrud
TI  - To tell or not to tell: Preference elicitation with and without emphasis on scientific uncertainty
AID  - 10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011R
DP  - 2023 Jan 23
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 021122-0011R
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/01/18/le.99.3.021122-0011R.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/01/18/le.99.3.021122-0011R.full
AB  - Decisions about the optimal use of coastal and marine resources must be taken under high uncertainty about environmental impacts and may conflict with public perception of the risk associated with current blue growth initiatives. In a discrete choice experiment conducted in valuation workshops in five communities in Arctic Norway, we examine public preferences for various aquaculture expansion paths. Respondents prefer a smaller expansion in terms of the number of aquaculture sites compared to the planned expansion. Emphasizing scientific uncertainty regarding the negative environmental impacts of aquaculture leads to lower resistance against the planned expansion.