RT journal article
T1 Social Acceptance of Aquaculture in Andalusian Atlantic Coast (Spain): An Emerging Economy Sector
A1 Ruiz Chico, José
A1 Peña Sánchez, Antonio Rafael
A1 Biedma Ferrer, José María
A1 Jiménez García, Mercedes
A2 Economía General
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 carrying capacity
K1 consumer satisfaction
K1 economics
K1 employment
K1 environment
K1 fish
K1 food
K1 quality
AB Aquaculture is an important source of food. This document analyses its acceptance by consumers from the perspective of social carrying capacity. This concept determines the point at which its development begins to be excessive, and poses difficulties to its geographical area. In this context, our work is innovative, since, although Spain is the leading aquaculture producer in the European Union, not much research on this aspect has been developed. With this objective, we carried out 579 personal interviews with consumers from the Andalusian Atlantic coast (Spain), to determine an index of acceptance for this food and its industry. After applying a principal component analysis, we stratified the samples following Dalenius-Hodges method. According to our surveys, there is a high level of acceptance, which would place aquaculture far from its saturation point, the level at which this sector generates relevant problems for society in terms of economy or environment. Respondents also recommended its further development. Women and low-income consumers were the groups with the greatest reticence about this sector. We consider that general acceptance would be improved by implementing informative campaigns, especially for these groups, that would extend consumers' knowledge and improve their perception of this kind of food.
PB MDPI
SN 2304-8158
YR 2020
FD 2020-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23594
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23594
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026