Effective fisheries management can reduce extinction risk of marine fish stocks from climate change
“We can save hundreds of fish stocks from becoming endangered species with sustainable fisheries and low greenhouse gas emissions.”
Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish
Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel, but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago.
Climate change has fish moving faster than regulations can keep up
Researchers say out-of-date regulatory system hasn’t kept up with the realities of global warming
Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change
Researchers predicted that changes in fish community could be reduced by 30 to 80 per cent with a doubling of reef area.
Aid for oceans and fisheries in developing world drops by 30%
Financial aid to fisheries in developing countries has declined by 30 percent, finds a new study from UBC and Stockholm Resilience Centre researchers.
Initiatives to strengthen climate change adaptation in Africa – Cape Town
World Bank technical consultation meeting discusses project to understand the likely impact of climate change through fisheries in African countries
Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year
The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, released by IOF’s Sea Around Us project, looks at global catches, country-by-country, and explores the consequences of this decline, food security, and the steps that can be taken to ease the situation.
High seas fisheries management could recoup losses due to climate change
Strengthening governance and closing the high seas to fishing increased the resilience of coastal countries to climate change, especially in tropical countries where there is a high dependence on fisheries for food and livelihood.
West Africa fisheries experts welcomed
Fisheries scientists and experts from Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Cape-Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Sierra Leone will attend a capacity-building workshop at UBC. Updates added.
Falling fish catches could mean malnutrition in the developing world
Global fish catches peaked in 1996, while the Earth’s human population is expected to rise through 2050, from the current 7.3 billion to between nine and 10 billion.