This report explains how the potential impacts of climate and ocean change can be integrated into ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management. The guide gives detailed information on climate models and predictions for sea surface temperatures, sea level rise, rainfall, winds and tropical cyclones and ocean circulation. It also outlines predicted impacts on reef fishes in the Coral Triangle and on communities. It lists steps that governments and organizations can take to create a fisheries management plan that takes an ecosystem-based approach. This would start with a climate vulnerability assessment. Steps include defining the scope of the fisheries management unit; identifying and prioritizing issues and goals; developing the plan and implementing it; and monitoring, evaluating progress and adapting where needed.
Incorporating climate and ocean change into an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) plan
Year: 2017
