Norwegian aquaculture expansion and Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM): Simmering conflicts and competing claims

► An in-depth look at aquaculture expansion and coastal conflicts in Norway. ► The concepts of ICZM and epistemic communities' effect on conflict resolution are examined. ► Media data show that coastal conflict over aquaculture is continuously rising in Norway. ► Increasing levels of stakeholder conflicts could be due to missing epistemic communities. ► Measures proposed could aid in helping solve these conflicts and build epistemic communities.