Climate change effects on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
By William Cheung, CORU leader A range of human pressures is threatening the sustainability of marine fisheries. Amongst those, overfishing, partly driven by Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, is a major stressor. Thirty percent of global fish catch goes unreported, found a recent study by Nereus Program collaborator Sea Around Us. But the relationship […]
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) workshop
Cheung provided advice on linking and harmonizing models and scenarios for assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services
Nereus in the News – Friday, January 15
A Nereus Program study published this week in PLOS ONE which found that First Nations communities in coastal BC, Canada, could see a decrease of up to 50% in fish catch by 2050 received considerable press in both local and international news. Read more
Climate change could cut First Nations fisheries’ catch in half
First Nations fisheries’ catch could decline by nearly 50 per cent by 2050, according to a new study examining the threat of climate change to the food and economic security of indigenous communities along coastal British Columbia, Canada. “Climate change is likely to lead to declines in herring and salmon, which are among the most […]