Scenarios for investigating the future of Canada’s oceans and marine fisheries under environmental and socioeconomic change
CORU Leader William Cheung recently co-authored a paper published in Regional Environmental Change that reviewed existing methods of scenario analysis (preparing for future response based on multiple potential outcomes) in the marine conservation and fisheries sectors in Canada. Their aim was to determine whether these scenario analyses in the existing literature adequately consider biophysical, socioeconomic and policy-related factors to “provide […]
North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment: Socio-economic impacts – fisheries
CORU Leader William Cheung and CORU Alumnus Miranda Jones contributed to the recently published North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment, co-authoring the chapter “Socio-economic impacts – fisheries” (pages 375-395). Their chapter explores recent and future impacts of rapid temperature changes in the North Sea, identified as a ‘hot spot’ of climate change, with respect to […]
Climate change could cause $10 billion in annual revenue loss to fisheries by 2050
Global fisheries could lose approximately $10 billion of annual revenues by 2050 if climate change continues at current rates, and countries most dependent on fisheries for food and livelihoods will feel more of the effects, finds new research published in Scientific Reports. Climate change impacts such as rising temperatures and changes in ocean salinity, acidity […]
IUCN Explaining Ocean Warming report
Explaining Ocean Warming is a comprehensive report produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) looking at the impacts of warming on ocean life, ecosystems, and goods and services. The report is the work of 80 scientists from 12 countries, launched during the IUCN World Conservation Congress, September 1-10 in Hawaii. CORU Leader […]
Fish moving poleward at rate of 26 kilometres per decade
Large numbers of fish will disappear from the tropics by 2050, finds a new UBC study that examined the impact of climate change on fish stocks.