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Fishing is dependent on marine food webs that are sensitive to stressors such as climate change and overfishing. This note focuses on marine fisheries with special reference to UK, including wild capture and farming (aquaculture) of fin- and shellfish, and their processing. It summarises the impacts on oceans and fisheries of ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation and storms, and explores how fisheries may adapt.

It includes a box with potential adaptation approaches, focused on industry capacity of response and on assessment and management of fisheries, highlighting the role of Ecosystem-based approach.

This note was prepared by the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) that produces independent, balanced and accessible briefings on public policy issues related to science and technology. POSTnotes are based on literature reviews and interviews with a range of stakeholders and are externally peer reviewed.

Reference information

Websites:
https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PN-0604#fullreport
Source:

MCCIP newsletter

Published in Climate-ADAPT: Mar 18, 2020

Date of publication:

2019

Keywords:
adaptation approach, deoxygenation, ocean acidification, overfishing
Climate impacts:

Extreme Temperatures, Sea Level Rise, Storms

Adaptation Approaches:

Adaptation Measures and Actions, Vulnerability Assessment, Nature-based solutions

Sectors:

Coastal areas, Marine and Fisheries

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Biogeographical regions:

Atlantic

Countries:

United Kingdom

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