Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION It is often overlooked that over 500 million people depend, directly or indirectly, on fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihoods. In addition, fish provide essential nutrition for over 4 billion people and at least 50 percent of animal protein and essential minerals to 400 million people in the poorest countries. Trade is also an important characteristic of the fisheries and aquaculture: fish products are among the most widely traded foods, with more than 37 percent by volume of world production traded internationally. But climate change is bringing an ocean of change to the world’s fisheries, which are already in crisis from overfishing and poor management.