Public Perceptions of Aquaculture: Evaluating Spatiotemporal Patterns of Sentiment around the World.

ABSTRACT: Aquaculture is developing rapidly at a global scale and sustainable practices are an essential part of meeting the protein requirements of the ballooning human population. Locating aquaculture offshore is one strategy that may help address some issues related to nearshore development. However, offshore production is nascent and distinctions between the types of aquatic farming may not be fully understood by the public-important for collaboration, research, and development. Here we evaluate and report, to our knowledge, the first multinational quantification of the relative sentiments and opinions of the public around distinct forms of aquaculture. Using thousands of newspaper headlines (Ntotal = 1,596) from developed (no. countries = 26) and developing (42) nations, ranging over periods of

SUBMITTER: Froehlich HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5207524 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature