Ecosystem-based fisheries management forestalls climate-driven collapse

K. K. Holsman; A. C. Haynie; A. B. Hollowed; J. C. P. Reum; K. Aydin; A. J. Hermann; W. Cheng; A. Faig; J. N. Ianelli; K. A. Kearney; A. E. Punt

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18300-3

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Ecosystem-based fisheries management forestalls climate-driven collapse

K. K. Holsman,
A. C. Haynie,
A. B. Hollowed,
J. C. P. Reum,
K. Aydin,
A. J. Hermann,
W. Cheng,
A. Faig,
J. N. Ianelli,
K. A. Kearney,
A. E. Punt

Affiliations

K. K. Holsman: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
A. C. Haynie: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
A. B. Hollowed: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
J. C. P. Reum: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
K. Aydin: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
A. J. Hermann: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, now Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies, University of Washington
W. Cheng: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, now Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies, University of Washington
A. Faig: School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
J. N. Ianelli: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
K. A. Kearney: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
A. E. Punt: School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18300-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Ecosystem Based Management measures developed to prevent overfishing could be particularly important under climate change. Here the authors combine climate and fish stock modelling to show that EBM cap implementation reduces climate-driven fishery declines under RCP 4.5 and 8.5 before midcentury. However, there are thermal tipping points beyond which potential collapses are predicted.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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