Year: 2015
Type: article
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 (CO 2 ) 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.
Source: Marine Policy
Authors: Adel Heenan, Robert Pomeroy, Johann Bell, Philip L. Munday, William Cheung, Cheryl Logan, Russell Brainard, Affendi Yang Amri, Porfirio Aliño, Nygiel Armada, Laura David, Rebecca Rivera-Guieb, Stuart Green, Jamaluddin Jompa, Teresa Leonardo, Samuel Mamauag, Britt Parker, Janna Shackeroff, Zulfigar Yasin
Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University of Hawaii System, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Connecticut, Pacific Community, University of Wollongong, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, University of British Columbia, California State University, Monterey Bay, University of Malaya, University of the Philippines System, United States Agency for International Development, Hasanuddin University, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,260
OpenAlex ID: W2000999034