Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Ecosystems, habitats, environments & climate change

This is a curated collection of technical documents that are relevant to ecosystems, habitats, environments & climate change in relation to capture fisheries and aquaculture in the APFIC region.
Publications
2011

Sriskanthan, G. & Funge-Smith, S. J. (2011). The potential impact of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture in the Asian region. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2011/16, 41 pp.  The 31st Session of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC), convened in Jeju, Republic of Korea in September 2010, emphasized that adaptation and mitigation of the impacts of climate change related to fisheries and aquaculture is an important challenge for...

2011

FAO (2011) APFIC/FAO Regional consultative workshop “Implications of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture: challenges for adaptation and mitigation in the Asia-Pacific Region” 24–26 May 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2011/17, 52 pp.   It is now widely recognized that the effects of climate change will impact the fisheries sector, and result in increased uncertainty in the supply of fish from capture fisheries and aquaculture. The...