Diversity in narratives to green the Norwegian salmon farming industry
| Autor: | Erling N. Christiansen, Stig-Erik Jakobsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Hegemony Qualitative interviews policy for salmon farming licenses 05 social sciences Norwegian Management Monitoring Policy and Law Aquatic Science narrative analysis language.human_language Profit (economics) Narrative inquiry Politics green technology Economy 0502 economics and business Salmon farming language Economics Narrative Economic geography 050207 economics Law 050203 business & management General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Marine Policy |
| ISSN: | 0308-597X |
| Popis: | Author's accepted manuscript (post-print). Despite being an economic success and generating considerable profit, the Norwegian salmon farming industry face environmental challenges that need to be solved. Since 2014, all new licenses to farm salmon are labelled either “light-green”, dark-green” or “development licenses”. The industry is nevertheless characterized by the open net-pen as a hegemonic technology, and is susceptible to both cognitive and political lock-in. In the article, it is defined which narratives on “greening criteria” that are dominant and an analysis is presented on how narratives influence new licenses for salmon farming. The data is derived from 52 qualitative interviews and a broad qualitative analysis of trends and debates in the industry. From the perspective of evolutionary economic geography and the sub-concept path dependency, narratives on greening criteria for future salmon farming are divided in three categories: path extension, modest path renewal and strong path renewal. The findings reveal that although most licenses are linked to mere path extension, development licenses might disrupt this trend. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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