Mixed responses of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change

Bell, Johann D., Ganachaud, Alexandre, Gehrke, Peter C., Griffiths, Shane P., Hobday, Alistair J., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Johnson, Johanna E., Le Borgne, Robert, Lehodey, Patrick, Lough, Janice M., Matear, Richard J., Pickering, Timothy D., Pratchett, Morgan S., Sen Gupta, Alex, Senina, Inna, and Waycott, Michelle (2013) Mixed responses of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 3 (6). pp. 591-599.

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Abstract

Pacific Island countries have an extraordinary dependence on fisheries and aquaculture. Maintaining the benefits from the sector is a difficult task, now made more complex by climate change. Here we report how changes to the atmosphere-ocean are likely to affect the food webs, habitats and stocks underpinning fisheries and aquaculture across the region. We found winners and losers-tuna are expected to be more abundant in the east and freshwater aquaculture and fisheries are likely to be more productive. Conversely, coral reef fisheries could decrease by 20% by 2050 and coastal aquaculture may be less efficient. We demonstrate how the economic and social implications can be addressed within the sector-tuna and freshwater aquaculture can help support growing populations as coral reefs, coastal fisheries and mariculture decline.

Item ID: 29062
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1758-6798
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Funders: AusAID
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2013 05:31
FoR Codes: 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0501 Ecological Applications > 050101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change @ 50%
07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0704 Fisheries Sciences > 070403 Fisheries Management @ 30%
06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) @ 20%
SEO Codes: 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960399 Climate and Climate Change not elsewhere classified @ 50%
83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8302 Fisheries - Wild Caught > 830299 Fisheries- Wild Caught not elsewhere classified @ 30%
97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences @ 20%
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