TY - JOUR T1 - To tell or not to tell: Preference elicitation with and without emphasis on scientific uncertainty JF - Land Economics JO - Land Econ DO - 10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011R SP - 021122-0011R AU - Margrethe Aanesen AU - Claire Armstrong AU - Trude Borch AU - Reinhold Fieler AU - Vera Hausner AU - Gorm Kipperberg AU - Henrik Lindhjem AU - Ståle Navrud Y1 - 2023/01/23 UR - http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/01/18/le.99.3.021122-0011R.abstract N2 - 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. ER -