Radical path transformation of the Norwegian and Tasmanian salmon farming industries

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Figure 1. Analytical framework.

Table 1. Comparative analysis of path transformation toward offshore farming in both coastal Norway and Tasmania.

Triggering event	Actors and agency	Structural components	Path development outcome
Development licence regime in coastal Norway	Creation of a window of opportunity through systemic agency by governmental actors through development licences. Creation of radical novel technological trajectories through firm-agency	Diversified industry structure consisting of multiple adjacent industries with inter- and intra-regional networks. Combinatorial knowledge dynamics with financial capital enabled through a thick innovation infrastructure leading to significant new natural resource utilization	Saltation offshore farming path transformation trajectory radically new to the region and to the global technological state of art
Farming zone regime in Tasmania	Creation of a window of opportunity by systemic agency of governmental actors. Mimicking of resources existent in the global regime by firm-agency to align with environmental and social concerns	Specialized industry structure consisting of a few actors with an intra-regional network, toward global industry. Cumulative knowledge creation with fixed capital bound by a thin innovation infrastructure leading to new natural resource utilization	Transplantation offshore farming path transformation trajectory radically new to the region, and incrementally new to the global technological state of art