RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 To tell or not to tell: Preference elicitation with and without emphasis on scientific uncertainty
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 021122-0011R
DO 10.3368/le.99.3.021122-0011R
A1 Margrethe Aanesen
A1 Claire Armstrong
A1 Trude Borch
A1 Reinhold Fieler
A1 Vera Hausner
A1 Gorm Kipperberg
A1 Henrik Lindhjem
A1 Ståle Navrud
YR 2023
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/01/18/le.99.3.021122-0011R.abstract
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.