Climate Change - Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture
A new briefing distils the key findings from the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), revealing the growing threat of climate change to fisheries and aquaculture. Climate change and acidification are altering ocean ecosystems in profound ways, with consequent impacts on fisheries and aquaculture. Projected impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture are negative on a global scale. Major impacts include displacement of stocks and, for aquaculture, mortality of shellfish from acidic water.
