scholarly journals Erratum: An Assessment of How Australian Fisheries Management Plans Account for Climate Change Impacts

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Management Plans

scholarly journals Modeling and Analysis of Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Tehran

Climate ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Behnam Ghasemzadeh ◽  
Ayyoob Sharifi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Management Plans

Since the impacts of climate change will last for many years, adaptation to this phenomenon should be prioritized in urban management plans. Although Tehran, the capital of Iran, has been subject to a variety of climate change impacts in recent years, appropriate adaptation measures to address them are yet to be taken. This study primarily aims to categorize the barriers to climate change adaptation in Tehran and analyze the way they interact with each other. The study was done in three steps: first, the focus group discussion (FGD) method was used to identify the barriers; next, the survey and the structural equation modeling (SEM) were used to validate the barriers, identify their importance, and examine their possible inter-relationships; and finally, the interpretive structural modeling (ISM) was applied to categorize and visualize the relationships between the barriers. Results show that barriers related to the ‘structure and culture of research’, ‘laws and regulations’, and ‘planning’ belong to the cluster of independent barriers and are of greater significance. The ‘social’ barrier and barriers related to ‘resources and resource management’ are identified as dependent barriers and are of lesser importance. Barriers related to ‘governance’, ‘awareness’, ‘education and knowledge’, ‘communication and interaction’, and ‘economy’ are identified at the intermediate cluster. The findings of this study can provide planners and decision makers with invaluable insights as to how to develop strategies for climate change adaptation in Tehran. Despite the scope of the study being confined to Tehran, its implications go far beyond this metropolis.

scholarly journals An Assessment of How Australian Fisheries Management Plans Account for Climate Change Impacts

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah E. Fogarty ◽  
Christopher Cvitanovic ◽  
Alistair J. Hobday ◽  
Gretta T. Pecl
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Commercial Catch ◽  
Commercial Fish ◽  
Climate And Environmental Change ◽  
Australian State

For Australian fisheries to remain productive and sustainable (environmentally and commercially), there is a need to incorporate climate change considerations into management and planning, and to implement planned climate adaptation options. Here, we determine the extent to which Australian state fisheries management documents consider issues relating to climate change, as well as how frequently climate change is considered a research funding priority within fisheries research in Australia. We conduct a content analysis of fisheries management documents investigating categories and themes relating to Australian state fisheries, climate, and environmental change. We also reviewed recent Research Priorities from the major fisheries research funding body for reference to climate change related themes, and the number of subsequently funded projects which considered climate change or related topics. Results show that commercial state fisheries management documents consider climate only to a limited degree in comparison to other topics, with less than one-quarter of all fisheries management documents having content relating to climate. However, we find that the south-east and south-west regions of the Australian coastline have the highest incorporation of “climate” and “environmental protection considerations” in their fisheries management documents, and that fisheries are more likely to have more “climate-related mentions” within their related management documents, if they (i) primarily target species with higher economic commercial catch values, (ii) commercial catch weights, or (iii) a greater number of commercial fish stocks existing. Only a small number of recently funded fisheries research projects considered climate change, representing only a small proportion of fisheries research investment. Given the extensive climate-driven impacts recently documented among key Australian fisheries species and associated ecosystems, we conclude that there is a clear need for fisheries management in Australia to consider longer-term climate adaptation strategies for Australian commercial state fisheries to remain sustainable into the future. We suggest that without additional climate-related fisheries research and funding, many Australian agencies and fisheries may not be prepared for the impacts and subsequent adaptation efforts required for sustainable fisheries under climate change.

scholarly journals Climate-change impacts and fisheries management challenges in the North Atlantic Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 648 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
A Bryndum-Buchholz ◽  
DG Boyce ◽  
DP Tittensor ◽  
V Christensen ◽  
D Bianchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Marine Animal ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Emissions Scenario ◽  
Far Future

Climate-induced changes in the world’s oceans will have implications for fisheries productivity and management. Using a model ensemble from the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (Fish-MIP), we analyzed future trajectories of climate-change impacts on marine animal biomass and associated environmental drivers across the North Atlantic Ocean and within the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) convention area and evaluated potential consequences for fisheries productivity and management. Our ensemble results showed that the magnitude of projected biomass changes increased over time and from a low (RCP2.6) to high (RCP8.5) emissions scenario. Within individual NAFO divisions, however, projected biomass changes differed in the magnitude and sometimes direction of change between near (the 2030s) and far future (the 2090s) and contrasting emissions scenarios. By the 2090s, most NAFO divisions with historically (1990-1999) high fisheries landings were projected to experience biomass decreases of 5-40%, while Arctic and subarctic divisions with lower historical landings were projected to experience biomass increases between 20 and 70% under RCP8.5. Future trajectories of sea surface temperature and primary production corroborated that the far-future, high-emissions scenario poses the greatest risk to marine ecosystems and the greatest challenges to fisheries management. Our study summarizes future trends of marine animal biomass and underlying uncertainties related to model projections under contrasting climate-change scenarios. Understanding such climate-change impacts on marine ecosystems is imperative for ensuring that marine fisheries remain productive and sustainable in a changing ocean.

scholarly journals Assessing South Africa’s Potential to Address Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in the Fisheries Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Ortega-Cisneros ◽  
Kevern L. Cochrane ◽  
Nina Rivers ◽  
Warwick H. H. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Marine Fisheries ◽  
Address Climate Change

The marine fisheries sector is one of the most important income sectors in South Africa and plays an important role in food security for small-scale and subsistence fishers. Climate-driven impacts have resulted in distribution shifts and declines in abundance of important fisheries targets, with negative consequences to the users dependent on these resources. The sustainability of the sector depends on its readiness to adapt to climate change. The inclusion of climate change impacts and adaptation in fisheries management documents in South Africa is essential to ensure adequate climate adaptation responses are implemented at the short- and long-term. This study aims to 1) determine if the relevant fisheries national management documents address climate change and adaptation, 2) determine if the relevant national climate change documents address climate change and adaptation in the fisheries sector and 3) evaluate the extent to which fisheries management documents address climate change and adaptation. A content analysis of fisheries management and climate change documents was carried out to determine if they incorporated information on climate change impacts and adaptation and marine fisheries respectively. Fisheries management documents were then screened against nine pre-determined criteria (or themes) based on climate change adaptation to determine the level of inclusion of best practice for climate change adaptation. Results indicate that climate change impacts and adaptation are rarely incorporated in the main fisheries management documents, except for the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan for the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors. However, this document is still waiting to be adopted. The only direct reference identified in all the fisheries documents that supports climate change adaptation was ‘conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity’. With regards to indirect references to climate change adaptation, ‘equity,’ ‘participatory management,’ and ‘capacity building’ were most frequently incorporated in fisheries management documents. There is a need to explicitly incorporate information on climate change impacts and adaptation in South African fisheries management documents and increase the human and financial capacity at national institutions to ensure that the fisheries sector can adequately adapt to climate change.

Climate Change and Global Fisheries Management: Linking Issues to Protect Ecosystems or to Save Political Interests?

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Axelrod
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

This article explores the conditions under which regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) adopt climate actions. I test a series of hypotheses to explain when RFMOs move beyond their classic management approaches—assignment of property rights, catch limits, and gear restrictions—to include climate change in their research and management plans. I introduce a new data set that compares fisheries-climate linkages since 1992 in all available RFMO annual reports and meeting minutes. The analysis reveals a series of patterns surrounding linkage politics in RFMOs. Importantly, this study finds that climate linkages in RFMOs do not simply follow scientific knowledge or regional climate vulnerability. Instead, climate action coincides with member country efforts to avoid catch regulations, and secretariat efforts to exhibit organizational relevance.

scholarly journals How Are Our Future Agriculture and Natural Resources Projected under Varying Climate?

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Gu Her ◽  
Ashley Smyth ◽  
Zachary Brym ◽  
Elias Bassil
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Biological Engineering ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Plans

This 8-page article explains how agriculture and natural resources may respond to projected future climate and how climate projections can be useful in developing management plans for the improved sustainability of Florida’s agriculture and natural resources. It also aims to help increase the public awareness of climate change impacts on Florida and improve understanding of the connections among climate, agriculture, and natural resources. Written by Young Gu Her, Ashley Smyth, Zachary Brym, and Elias Bassil, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, September 2020.

scholarly journals Climate change and its impacts on hydro-politics in transboundary basins: a case study of the Orange-Senqu River basin

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-165
Author(s):  
S. K. Mgquba ◽  
S. Majozi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Water Security ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Climate Projections ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Water Courses

Abstract In any basin or basin country, water security is of critical importance. The increase in populations and water demand are placing stress on the available water resources. This is likely to become more complicated within shared water-courses. Issues of equitable water allocation and distribution are important for all countries involved. Fostering cooperation and managing conflict hence become fundamental in transboundary water management. Climate change is likely to add new challenges to pre-existing dynamics in transboundary systems. According to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Climate Change Strategy and the SADC Shared Watercourses Protocol, there is a need to integrate climate change impacts and associated adaptation measures into water management plans to ensure water security for all countries involved in the future. The Orange-Senqu basin, which spans over Lesotho, South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, will be used as a case study to closely examine and reflect on some hydro-political challenges that may be brought about by climate change-associated impacts within the basin states. Although uncertain, climate projections largely indicate decline in rainfall and increase in temperature, especially within the South Africa part of the basin. This inherently is bound to affect water quantity and, therefore, availability within the riparian states below South Africa.

scholarly journals Ecosystem-based fisheries management forestalls climate-driven collapse

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. K. Holsman ◽  
A. C. Haynie ◽  
A. B. Hollowed ◽  
J. C. P. Reum ◽  
K. Aydin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
Rcp 8.5 ◽  
Cod Fisheries ◽  
Near Term ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Food And Nutritional Security ◽  
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

Abstract Climate change is impacting fisheries worldwide with uncertain outcomes for food and nutritional security. Using management strategy evaluations for key US fisheries in the eastern Bering Sea we find that Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) measures forestall future declines under climate change over non-EBFM approaches. Yet, benefits are species-specific and decrease markedly after 2050. Under high-baseline carbon emission scenarios (RCP 8.5), end-of-century (2075–2100) pollock and Pacific cod fisheries collapse in >70% and >35% of all simulations, respectively. Our analysis suggests that 2.1–2.3 °C (modeled summer bottom temperature) is a tipping point of rapid decline in gadid biomass and catch. Multiyear stanzas above 2.1 °C become commonplace in projections from ~2030 onward, with higher agreement under RCP 8.5 than simulations with moderate carbon mitigation (i.e., RCP 4.5). We find that EBFM ameliorates climate change impacts on fisheries in the near-term, but long-term EBFM benefits are limited by the magnitude of anticipated change.

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