Aquaculture is a controversial issue in the U.S.A., and to what extent U.S. aquaculture stakeholders support its expansion determines the future of this industry. This paper compares the perceptional differences of aquaculture stakeholders in the U.S.A. and Norway, and investigates how their...

Pursuit of the triple bottom line of economic, community and ecological sustainability has increased the complexity of fishery management; fisheries assessments require new types of data and analysis to guide science-based policy in addition to traditional biological information and modeling. We...

Perceptions and expectations are integral factors affecting decision making. However, aquaculture stakeholders’ perceptions and social attitudes have been largely neglected in aquaculture management and planning. We examine the relationship between US aquaculturists’ intended actions to...