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Impact, vulnerability and adaptation strategies for marine fisheries of India

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Title Impact, vulnerability and adaptation strategies for marine
fisheries of India
 
Creator Gopalakrishnan, A
Zacharia, P U
George, Grinson
 
Subject CMFRI
CMFRI Special Publications
Marine Fisheries
 
Description Scientists at ICAR-CMFRI often encounter questions on the changes in resource
abundance and distribution in the coastal waters due to climate change. But,
there is lack of coherent studies in northern Indian Ocean to scientifically quantify
and predict the impacts of climate variables on fisheries resources. The absence
of scientific information becomes a major limitation to policy planners in their
attempt to explain the magnitude of climate change impacts on oceans and seas in future and
the possible measures that could be adopted to tackle them. Therefore, an effort is made in this
document to quantify the future alterations in potential climate variables of the northern Indian
Ocean and infer the possible effects it can have on the marine flora and fauna.
This document is meant to address a global audience. Therefore, efforts are made to incorporate
globally approved climate change model results in the study to understand the future
challenges of marine ecosystems in the northern Indian Ocean. The long-term forecasts on
major environmental variables such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST), pH, mean sea level,
sea surface salinity, rainfall and chlorophyll were examined for assessing the changes and the
plausible effects on the resources. The resulting possible changes on the quantum of production
and changes in essential fish habits are deliberated in this special publication. The cascading
effects of productivity changes, vulnerability of certain sensitive ecosystems such as the coral
reefs and the social/ community impacts of such changes are discussed. Obvious changes
registered in the marine resources during the last two decades, future changes with short-term
interim breaks for 2030, 2050 and 2080 are also included in this.
All these studies have to be addressed in the organizational or institutional framework of
governance existing in the country. Therefore, a dedicated section with recommendations or
possible strategies is also presented. There are probable solutions or adaptation strategies for
specific challenges. This document can serve as a scientific guideline for effectively implementing it.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2020
 
Type Book
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14771/1/CMFRI%20Special%20Publication_135_IVAS.pdf
Gopalakrishnan, A and Zacharia, P U and George, Grinson (2020) Impact, vulnerability and adaptation strategies for marine fisheries of India. CMFRI Special Publication (135). ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi.