Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · University of California, Santa Barbara · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Accounting for a warming ocean Fisheries provide food and support livelihoods across the world. They are also under extreme pressure, with many stocks overfished and poorly managed. Climate change will add to the burden fish stocks bear, but such impacts remain largely unknown. Free et al. used temperature-specific models and hindcasting across fish stocks to determine the degree to which warming has, and will, affect fish species (see the Perspective by Plagányi). They found that an overall reduction in yield has occurred over the past 80 years. Furthermore, although some species are predicted to respond positively to warming waters, the majority will experience a negative impact on growth. As our world…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 35.23
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- 100%
- References
- 72
Authors
6- CMChristopher M. FreeCorresponding
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of California, Santa Barbara
- JTJames T. Thorson
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- MLMalin L. Pinsky
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- KLKiva L. Oken
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of Washington
- JWJohn Wiedenmann
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Topics & keywords
- Productivity
- Climate change
- Ecoregion
- Global warming
- Fishery
- Population
- Fisheries management
- Effects of global warming on oceans
- Life below water