PACIFIC COMMUNITY, CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM FISHERIES AGENCY
3 August, 2021, 7:00 pm
If ocean warming continues at current
rates the tuna catch in the combined
waters of the 10 Pacifi c SIDS is expected
to decline by an average of 20
per cent by 2050.
Picture: www.unep.org/es/node/536
Global warming is expected to progressively push tuna populations from the waters of 10 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) into the high seas, disrupting island economies, according to a new collaborative study by Conservation International and a consortium of technical agencies, including The Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Parties to the Nauru Agreement Office (PNAO), the University of Wollongong and their partners.
High greenhouse gas emissions will drastically alter distribution of key tuna species
Climate change-driven redistribution of key commercial tuna species will deliver an economic blow to the small island states of the Western and Central Pacific and threaten the sustainability of the world’s largest tuna fishery, a major international study has found.
The study combines climate science, ecological modelling and economic data to provide a comprehensive analysis of the impact of climate change on Pacific tuna stocks and on the small island states that depend on them. It is published today (29/30 July 2021) in Nature Sustainability.
A consortium of institutions and organisations from across the Pacific, North America and Europe contributed to the research, including the University of Wollongong, Conservation International, the Pacific Community (SPC), the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), and the Parties to the Nauru Agreement Office (PNAO).
China s dark fishing fleets are plundering the world s oceans
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When a vast Chinese armada appeared outside the Galapagos Marine Reserve in South America earlier this year, Ecuador s Government sounded the alarm.
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China hauls in 15.2 million tonnes of marine life annually, or 20 per cent of the world s catch
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