Estimating the public’s preferences for sustainable aquaculture: a country comparison

dc.contributor.authorvan Osch, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorHynes, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Shirra
dc.contributor.authorO'Higgins, Tim
dc.contributor.funderMarine Instituteen
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commission
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T12:01:53Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T12:01:53Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIntegrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is an alternative to the monoculture of fin fish species, in which several species are combined in the production process. This can have environmental advantages such as a lower environmental impact through nutrient cycling and natural filters; and can have economic advantages consisting of increased efficiency, product diversification and potential price premiums. In this paper, a choice experiment (CE) was conducted through an online survey in Ireland, the UK, Italy, Israel and Norway, to assess how the public makes decisions on what type of salmon or sea bream to buy based on the attributes of the product. Analysis assessed the Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) for more sustainable produced seafood using a Latent Class multinomial logit modelling approach. In the experiment, an ecolabel was used to distinguish between regularly produced (monoculture) products and sustainably produced (IMTA) products. The general public in each country showed a positive attitude towards the development of such an ecolabel and towards the payment of a price premium for the more sustainably produced salmon or sea bream.en
dc.description.sponsorshipMarine Institute (Marine Research Programme 2014-2020 Grant-Aid Agreement No. PBA/SE/16/01)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid569
dc.identifier.citationvan Osch, S., Hynes, S., Freeman, S. and O’Higgins, T., 2019. Estimating the Public’s Preferences for Sustainable Aquaculture: A Country Comparison. Sustainability, 11(3), 569 (24pp). DOI: 10.3390/su11030569.en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su11030569
dc.identifier.endpage24en
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleSustainabilityen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7572
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP1::ENV/308571/EU/Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture/IDREEM
dc.relation.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/3/569
dc.rights© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerlanden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAquacultureen
dc.subjectIMTAen
dc.subjectEcolabelen
dc.subjectChoice experimentsen
dc.subjectLatent classen
dc.subjectWTPen
dc.titleEstimating the public’s preferences for sustainable aquaculture: a country comparisonen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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