A Climate of Change: Climate Change and New England Fisheries Observations, Impacts, and Adaptation Strategies

Posted on: 3/15/2016 - Updated on: 2/27/2020

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Tera Johnson

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Abstract

In late July 2013, the Island Institute hosted a workshop with approximately 110 fishermen, scientists, managers, policy makers, non-governmental organizations, and others in Portland, Maine. The goal—to discuss the latest science of climate change and the ocean, as well as changes fishermen are seeing at sea. The workshop focused on improving our collective understanding of how climate change is impacting New England fisheries and fishermen. Topics discussed included how our current knowledge of climate change informs our approach to fisheries management, and how we may generate concrete and realistic steps to incorporate the effects of climate change.