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Tropical Regions to be Hardest Hit by Fisheries Shifts Caused by Climate Change

October 8, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Major shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect food security in tropical regions most adversely, according to a study led by the Sea Around Us Project at The University of British Columbia.

In the first major study to examine the effects of climate change on ocean fisheries, a team of researchers from UBC and Princeton University finds that climate change will produce major shifts in productivity of the world's fisheries, affecting ocean food supply throughout the world. The study is Ads by Pictures of the Day published today in the journal Global Change Biology. Free Credit Report Canada nytimes.com: "Our projections show that climate change may lead to a 30 to 70 per cent increase in catch potential Free Credit Report and Credit Score Health Care Poses in high-latitude regions and a drop of up to 40 per cent in the tropics," says lead author William for Canadians in just 60 seconds Stiff Tests for Top Cheung, a researcher at the University of East Anglia in the UK who conducted the study while at FreeCreditReportsinCanada.ca Democrats UBC. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi News · Obama: Secret Econ Report Senator Harry Reid News "Many tropical island residents rely heavily on the oceans for their daily meals. These new findings You think the recession is over? We suggest there's a good chance this important food source will be greatly diminished due to climate say otherwise. What Obama is hiding boston.com: change." MoneyMorning.com/Obama_economy_rpt Sen. Kerry Pushes Afghan Runoff; Previous studies have looked at how climate change affects global food supply but were limited to News on Pakistan Karzai Asked to land-based food sources. These studies have also predicted that tropical areas will see a decline in News portal featuring Pakistan News Accept Ruling; land productivity. Browse the Latest Headlines Decision May Wait on Extra U.S. CentralAsiaOnline.com/pakistan The team, led by UBC Fisheries professor Daniel Pauly, also found that regions with the highest Troop Senator John Kerry News increase in catch potential by 2055 include Norway, Greenland, and the east coast of Russia. Book Free Meanwhile, regions with the biggest loss in catch potential include Indonesia, the United States Check Out Newsmax's Offer for (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. reuters.com: Clinton Says www.newsmax.com While greater catch potential in colder regions might appear beneficial, the authors caution that more Agrees With research is needed to account for the multitude of dynamic factors that affect every ecosystem. Russia on Iran Steps "We need to keep the big picture in mind when looking at the 'winners' and 'losers' of climate change," says Pauly. "Major shifts in fish populations will create a host of changes in ocean ecosystems likely PRESSWIRE UPLOAD PRESS RELEASE resulting in species loss and problems for the people who now catch them."

"While warmer waters might attract new species to colder regions, the rise in temperature might make Message IV: President Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize [15 Oct 2009] the environment inhospitable to current species in the region that cannot move to even higher Obama's Healthcare Debate and Dr. Chao's 8 Herbal Ounces of latitudes. Often these species are important to the diets and culture of native subsistence fishermen." Prevention [14 Oct 2009] Haymarket Day 2009 Parade and Festival a Roaring Success [08 Oct The team's projections also show that Canada's overall catch potential will remain approximately the 2009] same. The west coast may see a decrease of almost 20 per cent from 2005 to 2055 while the east FLORIDA - First Amendment legal victory for Canterbury University coast may get a 10 per cent boost. smashes Accreditation Myths. [08 Oct 2009] With the exception of Alaska and Hawaii, the overall maximum catch potential in U.S. waters is UnitedHealth Supplying Anti-Healthcare Reform Data to Republican projected to decrease by around 10 per cent by 2055. Leadership Through Subsidiary, Lewin Group. U.S. Politics Today Offers Complete Coverage [05 Oct 2009] The study analyzed 1,066 species ranging from krill to sharks that constitute roughly 70 per cent of the world's catch. The authors used models that include a large number of environmental and biological see all u.s. politics press releases » see all press releases » factors that affect fisheries. They ran these models through two climate change scenarios, one more conservative than the other, and measured the impact of the scenarios on fish distribution from the years 2005 to 2055. The authors did not include the highest emission level scenario considered by the NEWS PUBLICATIONS GET FREE TRIAL Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which would have produced even more dramatic results. Agriculture Industry Today Get Free Trial | Sign Up For more information, visit www.seaaroundus.org/about. Airline Industry Today Get Free Trial | Sign Up This study is a product of the Sea Around Us Project, a scientific collaboration between the Pew Automotive Industry Today Get Free Trial | Sign Up Environment Group and The University of British Columbia. The Sea Around Us Project assesses Banking Industry Today Get Free Trial | Sign Up fisheries impacts at ecosystem, ocean basin and the global level and searches for policy solutions to Beverage Industry Today Get Free Trial | Sign Up the challenges they pose. The results of this work are accessible on the web, offering ecosystem Biofuel Industry Today Get Free Trial | Sign Up data, distribution maps and catch data for more than 1,000 species, historical trends and peer-reviewed publications. see all publications »

The Pew Environment Group is the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-governmental organization headquartered in the United States that applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improving public policy, informing the public and stimulating civic life.

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Brian Lin, University of British Columbia Public Affairs, 604.822.2234, [email protected]

Jo Knight, Pew Environment Group, 202.552.2070, [email protected]

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