Mar 1, 2019
Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production
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Science
- Uses temperature-specific models and hindcasting across fish stocks to determine the degree to which warming has, and will, affect fish species
- Finds that an overall reduction in yield has occurred over the past 80 years
- Hindcasts indicate that the maximum sustainable yield of the evaluated populations decreased by 4.1% from 1930 to 2010, with five ecoregions experiencing losses of 15 to 35%
- Finds that although some species are predicted to respond positively to warming waters, the majority will experience a negative impact on growth