Fish stocks can't recover without measures to address climate crisis and overfishing: UBC-led study

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The study found climate change has already reduced fish stocks in 103 of 226 marine regions studied.

researchers from the University of B.C., the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, and the University of Bern projected the impact that different global temperature increases and ranges of fishing activity would have on the amount of fish in a given area, from 1950 to 2100. They used computer simulation modelling to analyze existing data about fish stocks, status and climate change projections, as well as how the fish stocks change under different climate-change scenarios.

“We suggest that we need to explicitly consider climate change in developing a plan for rebuilding the Pacific salmon population,” he said. “We know that we need to reduce fishing to rebuild the fish stocks.” If global warming levels hit 2.6 C, fish stocks would drop to 1.1 to 1.5 times of current levels, the report says.Article content

While the study doesn’t look into the types of fish that will fare worse because of climate change, it does cite certain regions that will be hit hard in terms of fish-species loss, for example the eastern tropical Pacific regions.

 

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Fishing has never been better no thanks to government

We've been talking about climate and over-fishing since the 70's /80's...

Look ever since they built hells gate that caused a rock slide it has been the same. Fix that and the Fraser River will be mighty again!!!

Why hasn't climate change hit the Alaska run?

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