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Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production

States that fisheries provide food and support livelihoods across the world, and they are also under extreme pressure, with many stocks overfished and poorly managed
States that climate change will add to the burden fish stocks bear, but such impacts remain largely unknown
Uses temperature-specific models and hindcasting across fish stocks to determine the degree to which warming has, and will, affect fish species (see the Perspective by Plagányi)
Finds that an overall reduction in yield has occurred over the past 80 years
Finds that furthermore, although some species are predicted to respond positively to warming waters, the majority will experience a negative impact on growth