A climate-informed, ecosystem approach to fisheries management
Heenan, Adel, Pomeroy, Robert, Bell, Johann, Munday, Philip L., Cheung, William, Logan, Cheryl, Brainard, Russell, Amri, Affendi, Aliño, Porfirio, Armada, Nygiel, David, Laura, Rivera-Guieb, Rebecca, Green, Stuart, Jompa, Jamaluddin, Leonardo, Teresa, Mamauag, Samuel, Parker, Britt, Shackeroff, Janna, and Yasin, Zulfigar (2015) A climate-informed, ecosystem approach to fisheries management. Marine Policy, 57. pp. 182-192.
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Abstract
This paper outlines the benefits of using the framework for an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) for dealing with the inevitable yet unclear impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on coastal fisheries. With a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, it summarizes the projected biological and socio-economic effects of increased emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) for coastal fisheries and illustrates how all the important dimensions of climate change and ocean acidification can be integrated into the steps involved in the EAFM planning process. The activities required to harness the full potential of an EAFM as an adaptation to climate change and ocean acidification are also described, including: provision of the necessary expertise to inform all stakeholders about the risks to fish habitats, fish stocks and catches due to climate change; promotion of trans-disciplinary collaboration; facilitating the participation of all key stakeholders; monitoring the wider fisheries system for climate impacts; and enhancing resources and capacity to implement an EAFM. By channeling some of the resources available to the Asia-Pacific region to adapt to climate change into an EAFM, developing countries will not only build resilience to the ecological and fisheries effects of climate change, they will also help address the habitat degradation and overfishing presently reducing the productivity of coastal fisheries.
| Item ID: | 41854 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1872-9460 |
| Keywords: | climate change and ocean acidification, ecosystem approach, fisheries, adaptive management, Asia-Pacific, coral reef fisheries |
| Additional Information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Funders: | United States Agency for International Development (USAID), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2015 14:42 |
| FoR Codes: | 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050205 Environmental Management @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9606 Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation > 960604 Environmental Management Systems @ 100% |
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