The score explorer tailors preferences when deciding where to invest. The weighting criteria that apply to each category are assumed to be equal, despite knowing that the interests and motivations for aquaculture stakeholders differ. The score explorer allows users to decide the relevance of market, production, regulatory, environmental, and social factors to inform investment decisions.
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Market
Price
Monthly import/export prices per species and production per country.
Consumption
Consumption of seafood per capita.
Economy
Gross domestic product per capita, current prices and account balance.
Infrastructure
Railway lines, air transport registered carrier departures, container port traffic.
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Production
Hatchery
Production of hatcheries and nurseries at egg and juvenile stage.
Coastline
Absolute coastline measurements against relative coastline measurement.
Digital
Mobile phone subscription and amount of Internet users per country.
Insurance
Aquaculture insurance awareness per country.
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Regulatory
Institutional
Government effectiveness, political stability and absence of violence/terrorism, regulatory quality, voice and accountability.
Business friendly
Time required to start a business, cost of business start-up procedures, burden of customs procedure.
Licensing
Aquaculture license process duration.
Fiscal
Tax revenue (% of GDP), labour tax and contributions.
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Environment
Depth
Area and proportion of national EEZ that falls into different depth classes.
Water temperature
Months within minimum and maximum temperature ranges for each species in an EEZ.
Current speed
Area and proportion of EEZ that falls into different current speed classes.
Dissolved oxygen
Area and proportion of EEZ in different dissolved oxygen classes.
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Legal
Rule of Law.
Sector
Sectoral value of aquaculture against total seafood value.
Education
Grants and other revenue, Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary.
Corruption
Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank.
