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[ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Deep-ocean climate change impacts on habitat, fish and fisheries

This publication presents the outcome of a meeting between the FAO/UNEP ABNJ Deep-seas and Biodiversity project and the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative. It focuses on the impacts of climatic changes on demersal fisheries, and the interactions of these fisheries with other species and vulnerable marine ecosystems. Regional fisheries management organizations rely on scientific information to develop advice to managers. In recent decades, climate change has been a focus largely as a unidirectional forcing over decadal timescales. However, changes can occur abruptly when critical thresholds are crossed. Moreover, distribution changes are expected as populations shift from existing to new areas. Hence, there is a need for new monitoring programmes to help scientists understand how these changes affect productivity and biodiversity.

4660: Sustainable fisheries management and biodiversity conservation of deep-sea living marine resources and ecosystems in the ABNJ

26 mar. 2019

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English

[ABNJ Deep Sea and Biodiversity] Deep-ocean climate change impacts on habitat, fish and fisheries.pdf