RT journal article
T1 Social Acceptance of Aquaculture in Spain: An Instrument to Achieve Sustainability for Society
A1 Ruiz Chico, José
A1 Biedma Ferrer, José María
A1 Peña Sánchez, Antonio Rafael
A1 Jiménez García, Mercedes
A2 Economía General
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 economy
K1 society
K1 environment
K1 health
K1 fish
K1 quality
K1 employment
K1 pollution
K1 consumer
K1 public administrations
AB Aquaculture is a technique to produce food that is under debate, due to its possible consequences for altering the economy, traditional fishing included, or the environment, even with doubts about the health of consumers. This document studies its social acceptance from the point of view of carrying capacity. This term is defined as the level at which this activity begins to be disproportionate and poses important disadvantages for society. In this context, we conducted 803 surveys in six coastal provinces in Spain. The results show that the acceptance of these products is good, implying that aquaculture is far from reaching its saturation point in society. Additionally, the respondents gave a higher priority to socio-economic objectives than to environmental ones. We can conclude that the further development of this sector is advisable in these provinces. The general perception of aquaculture is better among men, and also among higher-income consumers. Informative activities should be organized to target these more hesitant groups. Production structures should be revised to overcome biases in the population about the idea that the food obtained from aquaculture harms the environment or is less natural or healthy. The possible abuse of feed and chemicals spreads this idea, and this could affect the taste and quality adversely.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2020
FD 2020-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24033
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24033
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026