Climate Change and Fisheries

Thursday, June 27, 2019Fishing is dependent on marine food webs that are sensitive to overexploitation and climate change. This POSTnote focuses on marine fisheries, including wild capture and farming (aquaculture) of fin- and shellfish, and their processing. It summarises impacts on oceans and fisheries of changes including ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation and storms, and explores how fisheries may adapt.

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UK Parliament research

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https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PN-0604

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

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Fishing, Fisheries, Natural environment, Nature, Wild fisheries, Aquaculture, Overexploitation, Oceans and Fisheries, Sustainable fishery, Outline of fisheries

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POST - Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Fishing is dependent on marine food webs that are sensitive to overexploitation and climate change.
This POSTnote focuses on marine fisheries, including wild capture and farming (aquaculture) of fin- and shellfish, and their processing.
It summarises impacts on oceans and fisheries of changes including ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation and storms, and explores how fisheries may adapt.
Climate change directly affectsthe distribution, abundance and health of wild fish, and the viability of aquaculture processes and stocks.Climate changealsocompounds other pressures arising from human activities, such as overfishing, further affecting fisheries environmental and economic sustainability.