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- Title
Climate Change and Marine Fisheries.
- Authors
Francis, Robert C.
- Abstract
Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases may significantly change global climate over the next century. Atmos- pheric temperatures are expected to increase at a rate of 4°C per hundred years, a rate that exceeds the postglacial warming by more than an order of magnitude. This paper discusses the three areas where we must immediately make significant efforts to improve our knowledge if we are to stand any chance of unraveling the complex linkages between global climate change and marine fisheries production. The three areas are the prediction of oceanographic effects of climate change, the improvement of our understanding of the structure and function of the marine food chain, and the improvement of our understanding of the important social aspects of marine fisheries. We, as fisheries scientists, must develop new methodological concepts and change our way of thinking when developing public policy in anticipation of global change.
- Publication
Fisheries, 1990, Vol 15, Issue 6, p7
- ISSN
0363-2415
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1577/1548-8446(1990)015<0007:CCAMF>2.0.CO;2