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The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A Synthesis of Emerging Ideas

Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Climate Justice

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Land Use Planning

Policy

Public Health

Research

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Biodiversity

Culture/communities

Economics

Fisheries

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Summary:

The Mesoamerican Reef is the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere. The reef sustains over two million people living in the region, which spans the tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula through Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Summary:

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) petitioned to list 83 species of coral under the Endangered Species Act. The petition listed greenhouse gas emissions as the primary cause of increased water temperatures, ocean acidification, increased frequency and intensity of coastal storms, and sea level rise, all of which combine to threaten corals.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Summary:

The Pacific Fishery Management Council examines the impacts of climate change on fisheries management through an ecosystem fishery management plan, finalized in April 2013. Among other things, this plan considers the impacts of climate change on fisheries.

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Wildlife

Summary:

The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (CBNMS) partnered to create a Climate Change Impacts Working Group, which produced a regional assessment of potential climate change impacts and recommendations for management responses. The working group released its report in June 2010.