Paris tends to relate to fisheries through its gourmet cuisine, which every so often includes fish. However, in December 2015, Paris was the epicenter of the renowned United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), which aimed at setting a target to curb Carbon emissions at a global scale.
Nereus Director of Science William Cheung will be giving a plenary keynote presentation at the 4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World. He will be presenting at…
The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released in 2013 and 2014, highlighted the vulnerability, impacts and adaptation of marine systems to climate change and ocean acidification. As this field of research is constantly building and evolving, “Observed and projected impacts of climate change on marine fisheries, aquaculture, coastal tourism, and human health: an update” was recently published as an update of findings since the release of the report.
William Cheung, Director (Science), will be giving a seminar at Harvard University on March 31. Details: Oceans & Health William Cheung, The University of British Columbia Thursday, March 31, 2016…
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A symposium in honor of Nereus Principal Investigator at Princeton University Jorge Sarmiento called “Modeling a Living Planet” will be held from March 14 to 15 at Princeton. Nereus Principal…
William Cheung, Director (Science) will attend a workshop on seafood nutritional security under climate change, at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Centre (SESYNC), in Annapolis, USA, from March 8 to 9.
Climate change is expected to have major impacts on the ocean, the species that live there, and the people who rely it for their food and livelihood. Since the beginning of the 20th century, CO2 emissions from human activities have altered physical and chemical properties of the ocean. The ocean has become warmer and, in some areas, less oxygenated, which has caused changes in the productivity and distribution of marine species.
A range of human pressures is threatening the sustainability of marine fisheries. Amongst those, overfishing, partly driven by Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, is a major stressor. Thirty percent of global fish catch goes unreported, found a recent study by Nereus Program collaborator Sea Around Us.
But the relationship between IUU fishing and climate change is a new topic. I speculate that climate change impacts on fisheries may indirectly increase IUU fishing.
William Cheung, Director (Science) will act as a representative of the coordinating lead author of Deliverable 3c at the 4th Plenary meeting, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES),…
