Climate change adaptation and spatial fisheries management
Selden, R.; Pinsky, M.L. (2019). Climate change adaptation and spatial fisheries management, in: Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M. et al. Predicting future oceans: Sustainability of ocean and human systems amidst global environmental change. pp. 207-214. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817945-1.00023-x In: Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M.; Cheung, W.W.L.; Ota, Y. (Ed.) (2019). Predicting future oceans: Sustainability of ocean and human systems amidst global environmental change. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-0-12-817945-1. xxvii, 554 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/c2018-0-02416-0, more |
| Abstract | Changing ocean conditions have driven rapid shifts in the distribution of marine species, and these shifts are often larger in magnitude and more immediate than species on land. Coastal communities that rely on marine species for food and livelihoods have the potential to be impacted by species moving away from historically suitable habitat and becoming abundant in new areas. For those that do adapt, fishers may change where they fish or what they fish, but our research suggests these choices are constrained by management context, economics, and social dynamics of the fishery. Further, shifting species distributions may create important challenges for spatial fisheries management. In particular, shifting species distributions may alter the effectiveness of marine reserves. Likewise, static allocations of quota based on historical distributions may no longer reflect current access to fisheries resources. We conclude by exploring a suite of innovative tools that could be used to manage shifting fishes to achieve more climate-ready fisheries management. |
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