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The Aquaculture knowledge economy: boom or bust?
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We live in an age of unprecedented growth in knowledge generation and exchange. The
links between knowledge, innovation and economic development are frequently
promoted. Government policies for enhancing education and training opportunities in a
widening framework of Lifelong Learning are becoming increasingly central themes in
strategies for economic recovery and growth. However, there is little evidence that more
of the same i.e. traditionally structured education and training, is leading to the
innovation and growth that policymakers desire. Graduate unemployment rates in
Europe are reaching new highs and when new graduates are employed, it is often in
lower skilled jobs than would have been the case in the past. In many ways it looks to
be an economy of abundance; a massive increase in the availability of explicit
knowledge gradually devaluing the people seeking employment on the basis of their
accredited knowledge and skills. However, other interpretations are possible, not least
that society generally, and large organisations and institutions in particular, are failing
to grasp the opportunities that knowledge generation and exploitation can bring.
The aquaculture sector is truly global and highly diverse; in parts relying on traditional
tacit knowledge and elsewhere on the most recently generated explicit knowledge. A
broader understanding of the role of different types of knowledge for aquaculture
enterprise, and a deeper understanding of how that knowledge is generated, shared and
communicated can provide a platform for dialogue and potentially new initiatives.
Pointers for the future can also be found in new knowledge generating and sharing
activities that are emerging on the Internet, and in different models of enterprise
organisation found in innovative start-up companies.
One interpretation is that lifelong and lifewide learning are the norm and that the
tendency for compartmentalisation and institutionalisation of knowledge and learning
may be constraining the benefits that individual, group and social learning can bring.
The evidence for this is explored, and consideration given to how the aquaculture sector
can unlock greater potential from its human capital. Reference is made to case studies,
current initiatives and new collaborative platforms within the sector.
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Bostock, J.; Moulton, M.; Uebersch, B.; Seixas, S.; Burnell, G.; Eleftheriou, M 2012. The Aquaculture Knowledge Economy: Boom or Bust?, Book of abstracts AQUA 2012: Global Aquaculture – Securing our Future, Prague, Czech Republic.