Effects of climatic variability on three fishing economies in high-latitude regions: Implications for fisheries policies

Research exploring how climatic variability impacts fishing economies in high-latitude regions was conducted in south-central Iceland and southwest Alaska during 2001–2004. Important differences were found regarding the economic impacts of climatic variations in the commercial economies in Iceland a...

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Published in:Marine policy 2007, Vol.31 (1), p.40-55
Main Author: McGoodwin, James R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alaska
Arctic
Climate
Climate change
Climate Fisheries Arctic Sub-Arctic Alaska Iceland
Fisheries
Fishery economics
Iceland
Marine
Marine resources
Pisces
Policy studies
Sub-Arctic
U.S.A
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Summary:Research exploring how climatic variability impacts fishing economies in high-latitude regions was conducted in south-central Iceland and southwest Alaska during 2001–2004. Important differences were found regarding the economic impacts of climatic variations in the commercial economies in Iceland and Alaska, versus in the native subsistence economies in Alaska. In general, the commercially inclined economies in both regions seemed less resilient to ordinary climatic variability. Moreover, both of the commercial economies were importantly influenced by fluctuations in global fish markets that are prompted by climatic variations occurring in regions that are geographically very distant from them. A better understanding of how climatic variability affects fishing economies in high-latitude regions will help in the development of more sustainable fisheries policies for these regions, which may already be experiencing radical climatic and ecological change.
ISSN:0308-597X
1872-9460
DOI:10.1016/j.marpol.2006.05.007