Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to encourage you to consider submitting an abstract to a
session that we are co-convening at the 7^th World Fisheries Congress in
Busan, Korea.The session that we are co-convening is entitled “Future of
Marine Fisheries under Climate Change: Exploring Uncertainties, Future
Scenarios and Multi-Scale Transformative Pathways.”A description of this
session is provided below.The 7^th World Fisheries Congress will be held
in Busan, Korea during May 23-27, 2016.Abstracts for this conference are
due on November 15, 2015.However, abstracts will be accepted on a
rolling basis, so please consider submitting your abstract early.More
information on this conference can be found at:
http://www.wfc2016.or.kr/english/01_introduce/01_introduce.asp
Please feel free to circulate this announcement to any colleagues who
you think might be interested in participating in this conference.
Best regards,
Rebecca Asch, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota, and Ryan Rykaczewski
*FUTURE OF MARINE FISHERIES UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: EXPLORING
UNCERTAINTIES, FUTURE SCENARIOS AND MULTI-SCALE TRANSFORMATIVE PATHWAYS*
*Co-convenors*
1.Rebecca Asch, Princeton University, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
2.Yoshitaka Ota, Nereus Program, University of British Columbia,
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
3.Ryan Rykaczewski, University of South Carolina, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
4.William Cheung, Nereus Program, The University of British Columbia,
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Climate change and acidification impact ocean systems and fisheries in
multifaceted ways, through changes in ocean productivity, redistribution
of species and fisheries resources and increased variability of some
fish stocks. These impacts have large implications for fishing sectors,
coastal communities and society, particularly for those that are already
vulnerable due to, for instance, resource depletion, existence of
perverse subsidies and institutional barriers that inhibit consideration
of transboundary issues. To help build climate-resilience for marine
fisheries, we need to understand adaptive capacity of both biophysical
and human systems, and explore the need and potential for
transformations at multiple levels to ensure sustainable oceans and
fisheries. Because of the complexity of the marine social-ecological
system and the interdisciplinary nature of the issues involved, we need
to assess these measures at multiple scales (local, regional and global)
and domains (biophysical, economic, social and legal) to avoid
mal-adaptation and incompatibility in achieving sustainable fisheries
goals. Firstly, we need to better understand the future of the oceans
and fisheries and the associated risks and uncertainties. Secondly, we
need to evaluate the adaptive capacity of both the natural and human
systems to these expected future changes. Thirdly, we need to identify
and evaluate options for transformative measures that mitigate or reduce
impacts from climate change and ocean acidification. In this 2-day
session, we will bring together researchers and practitioners in the
fields of oceanography, fisheries science, management, economics,
governance and legal studies to discuss their latest findings on:
- assessing the vulnerability, risks and uncertainties of future
fisheries under climate change and ocean acidification
- scenario development for fisheries
- exploration of possible adaptation and/or transformative pathways that
can lead to sustainable development in the ocean under climate change.
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Rebecca G. Asch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Senior Nereus Fellow
Princeton University
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Sayre Hall, Room 314
300 Forrestal Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Cell: (617) 697-8375
Office phone: (609) 258-2904
Email: [email protected]
