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What’s for dinner? Assessing the value of an edible invasive species and outreach actions to promote its consumption

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dc.contributor.authorCerveira, Inês
dc.contributor.authorBaptista, Vânia
dc.contributor.authorTeodosio, Maria
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Pedro
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-10T16:47:43Z
dc.date.available2021-12-10T16:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2021-11
dc.description.abstractThe consumption of edible aquatic inva sive species has gained popularity as a means to minimize their impacts while easing pressure on native resources and ecosystems. Weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) is one of the most recent invasive fish species in the Iberian Peninsula (Europe) which once sustained an important fishery in the native range (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). Portugal ranks third in the list of the world’s fish consumers, so promoting a weakfish fishery could at least minimize the impacts upon native species, since weakfish have innate traits that are appreciated by Portuguese fish consumers. However, introducing a new species to consumers is challenging owing to consumers’ habits and unfamiliarity with the species. So, we aimed to (i) evaluate the acceptance of weakfish by a panel of Portuguese fish consumers and (ii) create outreach actions—partnerships with local Chefs and press releases—to explain to a broader audience what invasive species are and promote the consumption of edible aquatic invasive species. We conducted a consumers survey that showed that weakfish has great chances of being well accepted by Portuguese fish consumers– 90% would buy weakfish because they appreciated its appearance, flavor, and texture, besides being a wild fish. The outreach actions reached a few million people because 46 online articles were pub lished, and three news pieces were broadcasted on national television. Our strategy increased the public’s awareness about weakfish as an invasive species, which could be adapted for other non-indigenous marine species elsewhere in the world.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipPOCTEP/Interreg 0755_ATLAZUL_6_E
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10530-021-02685-3pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1573-1464
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17373
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.relationAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectWeakfishpt_PT
dc.subjectInvasive speciespt_PT
dc.subjectBlue economypt_PT
dc.subjectCommercial fisherypt_PT
dc.subjectOutreachpt_PT
dc.subjectMediapt_PT
dc.titleWhat’s for dinner? Assessing the value of an edible invasive species and outreach actions to promote its consumptionpt_PT
dc.title.alternativeO que tem para o jantar? Avaliar o valor de uma espécie invasora comestível e ações de divulgação para promover seu consumopt_PT
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oaire.awardTitleAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
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oaire.citation.titleBiological Invasionspt_PT
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person.familyNameFerreira de Morais Cerveira
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person.givenNameInês Maria
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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