
Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 162, P. 106058 - 106058
Published: Feb. 24, 2024
Shellfish mariculture, the farming of marine bivalve shellfish, is a highly sustainable form food production, which contributes significantly to rural, coastal economies England and Wales, has considerable potential for growth. To unlock this potential, we explored application positive tipping points (PTP) framework in an invited stakeholder workshop comprising key policy makers, regulators, industry representatives academic researchers. Stakeholders mapped environmental socio-economic factors constraining shellfish mariculture identified opportunities (leverage points) intervention. The focused on five case studies from southwest addressing constraints industry, including "licencing", "spatial planning" and/or "classification" sites cultured species. These presented new data effectiveness range interventions: i) catchment scale, ii) nature-based, solutions water quality management Exe estuary; iii) risk-based methods assuring quality/safety Camel iv) evidence gathering ecosystem services (habitat provisioning) by Lyme Bay and, v) developments licencing Pacific oysters England. highlighted guidance, innovative tools technology aid monitoring, regulation assurance tradeable beyond production (including nutrient regulation, protection habitat provisioning). other interventions stakeholders product diversification market development) were then prioritised sequenced optimal implementation. Actions, actors enabling conditions using PTP realise opportunities.
Language: Английский