The importance of the Government in taking a leadership role was stressed. Eventually they have to exercise the authority in decision making. The role that the Canadian Prime Minister played to generate consensus building over aquaculture issues was noted. Multistakeholder organizations and environmental groups in Canada have to follow the procedures set up by the Prime Minister to come up with consensus building and decision making. Recently in Norway the government wrote a report about the Atlantic salmon stating how everybody wants it and that there should be no conflict to what are the goals.
Social settings build relationships and in turn often lead to a compromise or consensus.
Conferences where attendees are forced to interact with each other outside of discussion groups can be beneficial. For example sites could be chosen where isolation leads to informal conversations. Getting to know individuals personally may be a successful conference in itself. One thing that may discourage stakeholders from attending may be perceptions towards an organization itself. This can only be addressed by getting to know individuals on a personal level.