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Impact and adaptation options for Indian marine fisheries to climate change

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Title Impact and adaptation options for Indian marine
fisheries to climate change
 
Creator Vivekanandan, E
Jeyabaskaran, R
 
Subject Marine Fisheries
Climate change
 
Description It was realized about ten years ago that the scope for increasing fish catch
from the coastal waters is limited. Climate change is projected to exacerbate
this situation and act as a depensatory factor on fish populations.
Warming of water has potential impact on fish diversity, distribution, abundance
and phenology, which will have, in turn, effects on the ecosystem
structure and function. Global warming and the consequent changes in
climatic patterns will have strong impact on fisheries with far-reaching
consequences for food and livelihood security of a sizeable section of the
population. Acidification of water will have effects on calciferous animals.
Increased incidence of extreme events such as storms, floods and drought
will affect the safety and efficiency of fishing operations, flow of rivers, area
covered by wetlands and water availability and will have severe impacts on
fisheries. Sea level rise will have effects on the coastal profile and
livelihoods of communities. The potential outcome for fisheries may be
decrease in production and value of fisheries, and decline in the economic
returns from fishing operations.
 
Publisher Scientific Publishers
 
Contributor Rao, G S L H V Prasada
 
Date 2010
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5830/1/Climate_change_and_Indian_Fisheries.pdf
Vivekanandan, E and Jeyabaskaran, R (2010) Impact and adaptation options for Indian marine fisheries to climate change. In: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture and Allied Sectors. Scientific Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 107-117.