Actions to Promote and Achieve Climate‐Ready Fisheries: Summary of Current Practice

Climate change impacts to ocean ecosystems are altering the distribution and abundance of fish populations and impacting the people whose health, well‐being, and livelihoods depend on them. Thousands of published papers make it very clear that fish are on the move, alterations in productivity are oc...

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Published in:Marine and coastal fisheries 2020-06, Vol.12 (3), p.166-190
Main Authors: Bell, Richard J., Odell, Jay, Kirchner, Gway, Lomonico, Serena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Biomass
Climate change
Cod
Commercial fishing
Community
Decision making
Ecosystems
Endangered & extinct species
Environmental changes
Environmental impact
Fish
Fish populations
Fisheries management
Fishery resources
Fishing
Governance
Habitat improvement
Habitat loss
Livelihoods
Marine ecosystems
Marine fish
Marine fisheries
Marine resources
Mortality
Objectives
Reference points (fishery)
Simulation
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Summary:Climate change impacts to ocean ecosystems are altering the distribution and abundance of fish populations and impacting the people whose health, well‐being, and livelihoods depend on them. Thousands of published papers make it very clear that fish are on the move, alterations in productivity are occurring, and natural and human ecosystems are responding to climate variability and change. Across the globe, numerous high‐level strategies have been developed to provide guidance for managing fisheries in the face of climate change, but specific examples of implementation and actionable decision making in real‐world situations to address climate change impacts are generally lacking. Here we present a review of tangible actions that have been undertaken to reduce, mitigate, and confront climate change impacts to fisheries at a range of levels from individual choice to federal governance. Actions fall into seven general categories covering conservation of natural marine resources, emerging fisheries, reference points, future planning, integrated monitoring and management, and increasing adaptive capacity across all levels. We found that diverse fishery actors around the globe, including managers, scientists, and industry, are taking actions to address climate impacts, but given the scale of the problem there are relatively few intentional, well‐documented examples of tactical responses.
ISSN:1942-5120
1942-5120
DOI:10.1002/mcf2.10112